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Medium
CVE-2008-1979
The Discovery Service (casdscvc) in CA ARCserve Backup 12.0.5454.0 and...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/carcbackazz-adv.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493430/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29855
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28927
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020324
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1354
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41869
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
brightstor arcserve backup
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 27th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.