CVE-2008-3688
HAVP Socket Handler Uninitialized Variable Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 14, 2008, 10:41 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:49 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Feb. 08, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.server-side.de/index.htm Product http://www.server-side.de/index.htm Broken Link, Product -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 22, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed 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." 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." Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31494 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31494 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31971 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31971 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-11.xml No Types Assigned http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-11.xml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30697 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30697 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020900 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020900 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.server-side.de/index.htm No Types Assigned http://www.server-side.de/index.htm Product Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44467 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44467 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=487CDF51.5060201%40endian.com Patch https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=487CDF51.5060201%40endian.com Broken Link, Patch Removed CWE NIST CWE-399 Added CWE NIST CWE-908 Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:havp:havp:0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:havp:http_antivirus_proxy:0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:havp:http_antivirus_proxy:0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44467 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44467 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 15, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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2.53 }} 0.19%
score
0.90369
percentile