CVE-2023-40225

Summary

CVECVE-2023-40225
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-08-10 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-18 20:03:00 UTC
DescriptionHAProxy through 2.0.32, 2.1.x and 2.2.x through 2.2.30, 2.3.x and 2.4.x through 2.4.23, 2.5.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.15, 2.7.x before 2.7.10, and 2.8.x before 2.8.2 forwards empty Content-Length headers, violating RFC 9110 section 8.6. In uncommon cases, an HTTP/1 server behind HAProxy may interpret the payload as an extra request.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-444

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Haproxy Haproxy All All All All
Application Haproxy Haproxy All All All All
Application Haproxy Haproxy All All All All
Application Haproxy Haproxy All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
HAProxy forwards malformed empty Content-Length headers, in violation of RFC 9110 · Issue #2237 · haproxy/haproxy · GitHub MISC github.com
www.haproxy.org/download/2.8/src/CHANGELOG MISC www.haproxy.org
CWE - CWE-436: Interpretation Conflict (4.8) MISC cwe.mitre.org
www.haproxy.org/download/2.6/src/CHANGELOG MISC www.haproxy.org
BUG/MAJOR: http: reject any empty content-length header value · haproxy/haproxy@6492f1f · GitHub MISC github.com
www.haproxy.org/download/2.7/src/CHANGELOG MISC www.haproxy.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161397 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for haproxy (ELSA-2024-1142)
  • 199664 Ubuntu Security Notification for HAProxy Vulnerability (USN-6294-1)
  • 199671 Ubuntu Security Notification for HAProxy Vulnerability (USN-6294-2)
  • 242545 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 Security Update (RHSA-2023:7606)
  • 242578 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 Security Update (RHSA-2023:7473)
  • 242714 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 Security Update (RHSA-2024:0200)
  • 242752 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 Security Update (RHSA-2024:0308)
  • 243015 Red Hat Update for haproxy (RHSA-2024:1089)
  • 243020 Red Hat Update for haproxy (RHSA-2024:1142)
  • 355867 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for haproxy : ALAS2023-2023-293
  • 356291 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for haproxy2 : ALASHAPROXY2-2023-007
  • 356507 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for haproxy2 : ALAS2HAPROXY2-2023-007
  • 6000407 Debian Security Update for haproxy (DSA 5590-1)
  • 673332 EulerOS Security Update for haproxy (EulerOS-SA-2023-3215)
  • 673416 EulerOS Security Update for haproxy (EulerOS-SA-2023-2878)
  • 673488 EulerOS Security Update for haproxy (EulerOS-SA-2023-3008)
  • 673656 EulerOS Security Update for haproxy (EulerOS-SA-2023-3031)
  • 673671 EulerOS Security Update for haproxy (EulerOS-SA-2023-3180)
  • 673904 EulerOS Security Update for haproxy (EulerOS-SA-2023-2897)
  • 770218 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 Security Update (RHSA-2023:7606)
  • 770220 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 Security Update (RHSA-2023:7473)
  • 770223 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 Security Update (RHSA-2024:0200)
  • 770226 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 Security Update (RHSA-2024:0308)
  • 941615 AlmaLinux Security Update for haproxy (ALSA-2024:1142)
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