CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-0638
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-02-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) service (aka vxsvc.exe) in Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted value of a certain size field, which is not checked for consistency with the actual buffer size.
Affected configurations
• symantec veritas storage foundation 5.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29050 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019459 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25778 Patch
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.20a.html Patch
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-007.html www.zerodayinitiative.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29050 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019459 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25778 Patch
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.20a.html Patch
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-007.html www.zerodayinitiative.com