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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
10 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 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.