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EMC Data Protection Advisor NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

11 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is running EMC Data Protection Advisor and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to an NULL pointer dereference error in the DPA Controller and Listener service when processing certain authentication packets sent to port 3916/TCP and 4001/TCP, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash an affected server.

Affected Software

Affected Software

EMC Data Protection Advisor version 5.8.1 Build 5991 and prior

Solution

Solution

Vendor has released a patch to fix this issue, please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)