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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3688
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44467
• https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=487CDF51.5060201%40endian.com
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31494
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31971
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-11.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30697
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020900
• http://www.server-side.de/index.htm