CVE-2008-0638 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) service (aka vxsvc.exe) in Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted value of a certain size field, which is not checked for consistency with the actual buffer size.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20169.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Symantec Subscribe	Veritas Storage Foundation Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0::aix:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0::hp_ux:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0::linux:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0::solaris:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0::windows_2000:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:32bit:windows_2003:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:64bit:windows_2003:::::*

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/29050
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019459
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25778
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.20a.html
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-007.html

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-02-21T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:54:22.473Z

Reserved: 2008-02-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-0638

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-02-21T20:44:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-0638

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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