GLSA 200809-11: HAVP: Denial of Service
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | HAVP: Denial of Service |
| Date: | 09/21/2008 |
| Bugs: | |
| 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 | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| net-proxy/havp | < 0.89 | >= 0.89 | All supported architectures |
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
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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