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Gentoo: 200809-11 Normal: HAVP Denial of Service Advisory

A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in HAVP.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: HAVP: Denial of Service Date: September 21, 2008 Bugs: #234715 ID: 200809-11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3688 Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200809-11 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 addressedto This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://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. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ . A Service Disruption in HAVP impacts users of Gentoo Linux; please update to address the vulnerability. Detailed advisory within.. Gentoo Security Advisory,HAVP Denial of Service,System Protection. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 21, 2008 Gentoo