PT-2008-5050 · Havp · Http Antivirus Proxy

Peter Warasin · Published 2008-08-14 · Updated 2024-02-09 · CVE-2008-3688

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HTTP Antivirus Proxy (HAVP) version 0.88

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by connecting to a non-responsive server, triggering an infinite loop due to an uninitialized variable. This occurs in the sockethandler.cpp component.

Recommendations For HTTP Antivirus Proxy (HAVP) version 0.88, consider disabling the sockethandler.cpp component until a patch is available to prevent the denial of service. Restrict access to non-responsive servers to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-908

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3688

DTSA-159-1

Affected Products

Http Antivirus Proxy

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3688 · Security Note
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-11.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=487CDF51.5060201%40endian.com · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3688 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30697 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31971 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31494 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44467 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/64946 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/70691 · Telegram Post
• http://server-side.de/index.htm · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020900 · Note