CVE-2012-2942
N/A
Published: May 27, 2012 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHAProxy
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/49261Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-02.xmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2711Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/12Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/15Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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