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CVE-2008-1979

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2008-04-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References