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CVE-2008-3688 Detail

Current Description

sockethandler.cpp in HTTP Antivirus Proxy (HAVP) 0.88 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) by connecting to a non-responsive server, which triggers an infinite loop due to an uninitialized variable.

Source:  MITRE
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Evaluator Description

https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=487CDF51.5060201%40endian.com "Afterwards it retries in a loop. This retry loop is infinite, due to a not initialised variable. This happens also only if you use a parent proxy and if the parent proxy is a numerical ip address, which don't need to be resolved."

Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
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Base Score: N/A
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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-11.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30697
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020900
http://www.server-side.de/index.htm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44467
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=487CDF51.5060201%40endian.com Patch

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:havp:havp:0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:havp:http_antivirus_proxy:0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3688
NVD Published Date:
08/14/2008
NVD Last Modified:
08/07/2017