CVE-2008-4398 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 14 Oct 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the CA ARCserve Backup tape engine service via a crafted request, causing 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-2008-4398?

CVE-2008-4398 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Oct 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the tape engine service in asdbapi.dll in CA ARCserve Backup (formerly BrightStor ARCserve Backup) r11.1 through r12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted request.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4398?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Broadcom Arcserve Backup, Broadcom Business Protection Suite, Broadcom Server Protection Suite, Ca Arcserve Backup, Ca Business Protection Suite.

How do I fix CVE-2008-4398?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4398 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-2008-4398 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4398 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pf92-7ffh-999m.