CVE-2008-1979

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2008-1979 · Published 27/04/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-1979 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting brightstor arcserve backup (broadcom).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.6%, higher than 89.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
brightstor arcserve backup broadcom	`≤ 12.0.5454.0`	No fix yet

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

aluigi.altervista.org/adv/carcbackazz-adv.txt · Exploit
secunia.com/advisories/29855 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/493430/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/28927
securitytracker.com/id
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1354 · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41869

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

brightstor arcserve backup

broadcom

≤ 12.0.5454.0

No fix yet

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