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CVE-2008-3688

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44467

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-11.xml

https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=487CDF51.5060201%40endian.com

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-3674

http://www.server-side.de/index.htm

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020900

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30697

http://secunia.com/advisories/31971

http://secunia.com/advisories/31494

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-08-14

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03001