CVE-2008-3688

Publication date 14 August 2008

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
havp	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
	7.10 gutsy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	7.04 feisty	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
havp	Other: https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=487CDF51.5060201%40endian.com

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3688