CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-1979
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-04-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Description
The Discovery Service (casdscvc) in CA ARCserve Backup 12.0.5454.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a packet with a large integer value used in an increment to TCP port 41523, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Affected configurations
• broadcom brightstor arcserve backup (<= 12.0.5454.0)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/carcbackazz-adv.txt Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29855 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493430/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28927 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020324 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1354 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41869 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/carcbackazz-adv.txt Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29855 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493430/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28927 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020324 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1354 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41869 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com