VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-39242
It can lead to a situation with an attacker-controlled HTTP Host header, because a mismatch between Host and authority is mishandled.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.34%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in HAProxy 2.2 before 2.2.16, 2.3 before 2.3.13, and 2.4 before 2.4.3. It can lead to a situation with an attacker-controlled HTTP Host header, because a mismatch between Host and authority is mishandled.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.34% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-755
- Affected
- haproxy/haproxy · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b5d2b9e154d78e4075db163826c5e0f6d31b2ab1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ALECUZDIMT5FYGP6V6PVSI4BKVZTZWN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RPNY4WZIQUAUOCLIMUPC37AQWNXTWIQM/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4960Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/haproxy%40formilux.org/msg41041.html
- https://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b5d2b9e154d78e4075db163826c5e0f6d31b2ab1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ALECUZDIMT5FYGP6V6PVSI4BKVZTZWN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RPNY4WZIQUAUOCLIMUPC37AQWNXTWIQM/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4960Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/haproxy%40formilux.org/msg41041.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.