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[ GLSA 200809-11 ] HAVP: Denial of Service
From: Pierre-Yves Rofes <py () gentoo org>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:31:33 +0200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://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 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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