Resource exhaustion in Haproxy
CVE-2023-0056
An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability was discovered in HAProxy which could crash the service. This issue could allow an authenticated remote attacker to run a specially crafted malicious server in an OpenShift cluster. The bi…
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.018 (76.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Haproxy
- Fedoraproject Extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux — versions 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 36, 37
- Redhat Ceph_storage — versions 5.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 9.0, 8.0
- Redhat Openshift_container_platform — versions 4.12, 4.10, 4.11
- Redhat Openshift_container_platform_for_ibm_linuxone — versions 4.12, 4.10, 4.11
- Redhat Openshift_container_platform_for_power — versions 4.12, 4.10, 4.11
- Redhat Openshift_container_platform_ibm_z_systems — versions 4.12, 4.10, 4.11
- Redhat Software_collections
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-0056?
- CVE-2023-0056 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Haproxy, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-03-23.
- How severe is CVE-2023-0056?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.