# CVE-2008-4400: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash multiple services in CA ARCserve Backup by sending crafted authentication credentials due to insufficient validation.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q86h-43r3-85v5

## What is CVE-2008-4400?

CVE-2008-4400 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 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 of multiple services) via crafted authentication credentials, related to "insufficient validation."

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4400?

It affects 5 products.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2008-4400?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4400 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-4400 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4400 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2008-5415](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5415/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-4397](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4397/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0960](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0960/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-1999-1049](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1049/): Weak cryptography in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0959/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-4400 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-4400 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4400 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4400/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4400/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4400
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4400
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4400

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