CVE-2008-0979
Stack consumption vulnerability in Double-Take 5.0.0.2865 and earlier, distributed under the HP...
Stack consumption vulnerability in Double-Take 5.0.0.2865 and earlier, distributed under the HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring name and other names, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a certain packet that triggers the recursive calling of a function.
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What each source reports
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Stack consumption vulnerability in Double-Take 5.0.0.2865 and earlier, distributed under the HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring name and other names, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a certain packet that triggers the recursive calling of a function.
- Record
CVE-2008-0979- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Stack consumption vulnerability in Double-Take 5.0.0.2865 and earlier, distributed under the HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring name and other names, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a certain packet that triggers the recursive calling of a function.
- Record
CVE-2008-0979- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-0986 No score
Stack consumption vulnerability in Double-Take 5.0.0.2865 and earlier, distributed under the HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring name and other names, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a certain packet that triggers the recursive calling of a function.
- Record
EUVD-2008-0986- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wv8p-p965-2w2h No score
Stack consumption vulnerability in Double-Take 5.0.0.2865 and earlier, distributed under the HP...
Stack consumption vulnerability in Double-Take 5.0.0.2865 and earlier, distributed under the HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring name and other names, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a certain packet that triggers the recursive calling of a function.
- Record
GHSA-wv8p-p965-2w2h- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-0979 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Double-take Software Double-take, published February 25, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.62%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0666
aluigi.altervista.org/adv/doubletakedown-adv.txt
securityreason.com/securityalert/3698
securityfocus.com/bid/27951
aluigi.org/poc/doubletakedown.zip
secunia.com/advisories/29075
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0979
github.com/advisories/GHSA-wv8p-p965-2w2h