CVE-2008-1979

Computer Associates ARCserve Backup Discovery Service Remote - Denial of Service

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El Discovery Service (casdscvc) en CA ARCserve Backup versión 12.0.5454.0 y anteriores, permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (bloqueo de aplicación) por medio de un paquete con un valor entero largo usado en un incremento al puerto TCP 41523, lo que desencadena una lectura excesiva del búfer.

CA ARCserve Backup contains a vulnerability in the Discovery service (casdscsvc) that can allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition. CA has issued patches to address the vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs due to insufficient verification of client data. An attacker can make a request that can crash the service.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-04-27 CVE Reserved
2008-04-27 CVE Published
2014-02-18 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-06-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-189: Numeric Errors

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493430/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28927	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020324	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41869	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31707	2014-02-18
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/carcbackazz-adv.txt	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/29855	2021-04-07
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1354	2021-04-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Broadcom Search vendor "Broadcom"		Brightstor Arcserve Backup Search vendor "Broadcom" for product "Brightstor Arcserve Backup"				<= 12.0.5454.0 Search vendor "Broadcom" for product "Brightstor Arcserve Backup" and version " <= 12.0.5454.0"		-		Affected