CVE-2007-0673 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the BrightStor ARCserve Backup daemon via a malformed authentication packet, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2007-0673?

CVE-2007-0673 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Feb 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

LGSERVER.EXE in BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Laptops & Desktops r11.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a value of 0xFFFFFFFF at a certain point in an authentication negotiation packet, which results in an out-of-bounds read.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0673?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup Laptops Desktops, Broadcom Business Protection Suite, Broadcom Desktop Management Suite, Broadcom Desktop Protection Suite, Ca Business Protection Suite.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0673?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0673 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2007-0673 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0673 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w537-fp8v-wrj7.

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