Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 27, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-2942
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
12- secunia.com/advisories/49261nvdVendor Advisory
- haproxy.1wt.eunvd
- haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.4/src/CHANGELOGnvd
- haproxy.1wt.eu/gitnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-02.xmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2711nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/12nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/15nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/28/1nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/53647nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1800-1nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75777nvd
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