CVE-2008-1979

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41869

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1354

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020324

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28927

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493430/100/0/threaded

http://secunia.com/advisories/29855

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-04-27

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03634