CVE-2008-0979

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% 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-399

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in Double-Take 5.0.0.2865 and earlier, distributed under the HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring name and other names, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a certain packet that triggers the recursive calling of a function.

Affected products

Double-Take Software Double-Take: through 5.0.0.2865; 4.5
HP Storageworks Double-Take: through 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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