- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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@xxxxxxxxxx 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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