1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200809-11 / havp |
| Release Date | September 21, 2008 |
| Latest Revision | September 21, 2008: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| net-proxy/havp | < 0.89 | >= 0.89 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #234715
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in HAVP.
HAVP is a HTTP AntiVirus Proxy.
Peter Warasin reported an infinite loop in sockethandler.cpp when connecting to a non-responsive HTTP server.
A remote attacker could send requests to unavailable servers, resulting in a Denial of Service.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All HAVP users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/havp-0.89" |