CVE-2008-0973

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-02-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Double-Take (aka HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring) 4.5.0.1629, and other 4.5.0.x versions, allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a packet with a long string in the username field.

Affected products

Double-Take Software Double-Take: 4.5, 5.0.0.2865

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/doubletakedown-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/poc/doubletakedown.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/29075
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3698
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488632/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27951
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0666
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/doubletakedown-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/poc/doubletakedown.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/29075
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3698
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488632/100/0/threaded

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