| Name | CVE-2012-2942 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the trash buffer in the header capture functionality in HAProxy before 1.4.21, when global.tune.bufsize is set to a value greater than the default and header rewriting is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2711-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 674447 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| haproxy (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.2.9-2+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2.6.12-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.9.12-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
According to upstream information this only was fixed in 1.4.21
only a issue if using non-default value for global.tune.bufsize configuration option
Reported as duplicate with CVE-2012-2391 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q2/417