Check Point Advisories

CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Discovery Service Buffer Over-Read (CVE-2008-1979)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-1341
Date Published:	8 Jan 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 09 January, 2025
Source:	CVE-2008-1979
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R70 R71 R75
Who is Vulnerable?	CA ARCserve Backup 11.1 CA ARCserve Backup 11.5 CA ARCserve Backup 12 CA Business Protection Suite 2 CA Server Protection Suite 2
Vulnerability Description	There exists a denial of service vulnerability in CA ARCserve Backup Discovery service.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the Discovery service. A remote unauthenticated attacker may exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted message to the target server. Successful attack could create a denial of service condition to the Discovery service.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Discovery Service Buffer Over-Read protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: CA Products Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Discovery Service Buffer Over-Read