CVE-2008-3746

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.

Published: 2008-08-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3746 is rated Moderate Risk (43.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.67%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3746

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 3.31% 1.67% -1.64%
2 2025-03-29 1.67% 3.31% +1.64%
3 2025-03-19 1.67%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3746

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3746

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3746

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-3746 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (neon27), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3746
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3746
suse medium CVE-2008-3746 severity moderate: SUSE including 13 source package names (libneon-devel-0.29.6-6.7.1, libneon-devel-0.31.2-2.6, …), 20 product×package rows across 7 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2, … (7 product lines)): Fixed 20. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3746/
ubuntu low CVE-2008-3746 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (neon27), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, upstream): DNE 3, not-affected 2, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3746

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-3746

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2008-3746

  • Red Hat (2008-08-28T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of neon as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3746

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webdav neon 0.28.0 cpe:2.3:a:webdav:neon:0.28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webdav neon 0.28.1 cpe:2.3:a:webdav:neon:0.28.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webdav neon 0.28.2 cpe:2.3:a:webdav:neon:0.28.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3746

URL Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476571
http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2008-August/000038.html Patch
http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2008-August/000040.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31508 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32286 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36799 Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:074
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/15/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/20/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/20/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30710
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020725
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-835-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2420 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44511
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00367.html Vendor Advisory
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