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CVE-2012-0406
N/ADescription
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.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A
Published4/20/2012
Last Modified4/29/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
emc:data_protection_advisor
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-264
References
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt(security_alert@emc.com)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688/(security_alert@emc.com)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522408/30/0/threaded(security_alert@emc.com)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026956(security_alert@emc.com)
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522408/30/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026956(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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