CVE-2012-0406

The DPA_Utilities.cProcessAuthenticationData function in EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) 5.5 through 5.8 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an AUTHENTICATECONNECTION command that (1) lacks a password field or (2) has an empty password.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - security_alert@emc.com

Published

2012-04-20

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Data Protection Advisor (Emc)

References

• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522408/30/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026956