>> CA ARCserve Backup "casdscvc" Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : CA ARCserve Backup "casdscvc" Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1354 CVE ID : CVE-2008-1979
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-04-25
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in CA ARCserve Backup, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the Discovery service (casdscvc) when processing specially crafted packets sent to port 41523/TCP, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a vulnerable application to crash or restart, creating a denial of service condition.
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