CVE-2012-0406 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) versions 5.5 through 5.8 SP1. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the DPA daemon by sending a malformed authentication command lacking or containing an empty password field, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog or experiencing widespread community discussion, a public exploit is available on ExploitDB, indicating the potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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