CVE-2008-1979

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: 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 products

Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup: through 12.0.5454.0

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/carcbackazz-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/29855
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493430/100/0/threaded
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
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/carcbackazz-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/29855
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493430/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28927
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020324

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