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CVE-2008-1979
The Discovery Service (casdscvc) in CA ARCserve Backup 12.0.5454.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.6%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 10% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/carcbackazz-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080618 CA ARCserve Backup Discovery Service Denial of Service Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 29855 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28927 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1020324 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1354 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ca-arcservebackup-casdscvc-dos(41869) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .