EMC Dantz Retrospect 6.5/7.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in EMC Dantz Retrospect 6.5/7.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-0995. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in EMC Dantz Retrospect 6.5/7.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

EMC Dantz Retrospect 7 backup client 7.0.107, and other versions before 7.0.109, and 6.5 before 6.5.138 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client termination and loss of backup service) via a malformed packet to TCP port 497, which triggers an assert error.

The bug was discovered 03/02/2006. The weakness was presented 03/03/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at idefense.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-0995 since 03/03/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20996 (Retrospect Client Malformed Packet DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 7.0.107 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9052.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25143), Tenable (20996), SecurityFocus (BID 16933†), OSVDB (23613†) and Secunia (SA19097†). See VDB-27863 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 20996
Nessus Name: Retrospect Client Malformed Packet DoS
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Retrospect 7.0.107
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: idefense.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0995 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0995
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28988
X-Force: 25143
SecurityFocus: 16933 - EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 19097
OSVDB: 23613 - EMC - Dantz - Retrospect Backup Client - Remote Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1015714
Vulnerability Center: 10533 - EMC Retrospect Backup Client Remote Denial of Service, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-0811

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/15/2019 07:44
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (72), 06/15/2019 07:44 (10)
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