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[Full-disclosure] [ GLSA 200809-11 ] HAVP: Denial of Service
From: Pierre-Yves Rofes <py_at_nospam>Date: Sun Sep 21 2008 - 17:31:33 GMT
To: gentoo-announce@gentoo.org
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Synopsis
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in HAVP.
Background
HAVP is a HTTP AntiVirus Proxy.
Affected packages
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-proxy/havp < 0.89 >= 0.89
Description
Peter Warasin reported an infinite loop in sockethandler.cpp when connecting to a non-responsive HTTP server.
Impact
A remote attacker could send requests to unavailable servers, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All HAVP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/havp-0.89"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2008-3688
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3688
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-11.xml
Concerns?
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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