CVE-2008-3688
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-08-14 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-08-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-908Use of Uninitialized ResourceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8b01c625fe9e765b0431dfefd0f2f2f5a90e0bd7bcc8303e2ffd779c91edef83
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com30697http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30697
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200809-11http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-11.xml
- sourceforge.net[havp-devel] 20080715 Infinite loop which causes havp to block completelyhttps://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=487CDF51.5060201%40endian.com
- secunia.com31494http://secunia.com/advisories/31494
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comhavp-sockethandler-dos(44467)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44467
- www.securitytracker.com1020900http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020900
- secunia.com31971http://secunia.com/advisories/31971
- www.server-side.dehttp://www.server-side.de/index.htm
07 Fixed in
Debian 11
- havp Fixed in 0.88-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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