CVE-2007-1593 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Symantec Veritas Volume Replicator service by sending a crafted packet that triggers excessive memory allocation and an invalid pointer write.
- 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-2007-1593?
CVE-2007-1593 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jun 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The administrative service in Symantec Veritas Volume Replicator (VVR) for Windows 3.1 through 4.3, and VVR for Unix 3.5 through 5.0, in Symantec Storage Foundation products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and service crash) via a crafted packet to the service port (8199/tcp) that triggers a request for more memory than available, which causes the service to write to an invalid pointer.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1593?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Veritas Volume Replicator.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1593?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1593 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-2007-1593 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1593 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8jxr-5qfw-qq39.