neon: NULL ptr dereference in the Digest authentication support (DoS possible)
Published Aug 27, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.27%
Description
neon 0.28.0 through 0.28.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to Digest authentication, Digest domain parameter support, and the parse_domain function.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of neon as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.27% (0.02266) | 82.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.27% (0.02266) | 80.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.67% (0.01668) | 80.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.31% (0.03312) | 78.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.53% (0.01529) | 80.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.56% (0.02562) | 90.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 2.02% (0.02025) | 87.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 25, 2023 | 2.09% (0.02093) | 87.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 10, 2023 | 1.94% (0.01940) | 87.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.73% (0.02725) | 88.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (22)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476571 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2008-August/000038.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2008-August/000040.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31508 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32286 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36799 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:074 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/15/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/20/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/20/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30710 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020725 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-835-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2420 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3746 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459620 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44511 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3746
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3746
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00367.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAVendor Advisory
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