CVE-2008-1979

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1979
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-27 20:05:00 UTC
Updated2021-04-07 18:13:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup All All All All
Application Ca Brightstor Arcserve Backup All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CA ARCserve Backup Discovery Service Lets Remote Users Deny SErvice - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
aluigi.altervista.org/adv/carcbackazz-adv.txt MISC aluigi.altervista.org Exploit
Computer Associates ARCserve Backup Discovery Service Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
CA ARCserve Backup Discovery Service Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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