HAProxy must be run in a chroot jail.

From VMW vRealize Automation 7.x HA Proxy Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000381

SV-99807r1_rule HAProxy must be run in a chroot jail.

Vulnerability discussion

Chroot is an operation that changes the apparent root directory for the current running process and their children. A program that is run in such a modified environment cannot access files and commands outside that environmental directory tree. This modified environment is called a chroot jail.

Check content

At the command prompt, execute the following command: grep 'chroot' /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg If the value "/var/lib/haproxy" is not listed, this is a finding.

Fix text

Navigate to and open /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg Navigate to and configure the globals section with the following value: 'chroot /var/lib/haproxy'

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