>> CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Discovery Service Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Title : CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Discovery Service Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4910 CVE ID : CVE-2006-6379
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-12-08
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the Discovery Service when processing malformed packets, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerable application or execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.
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