EMC Retrospect Client up to 5.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in EMC Retrospect Client up to 5.1. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-2391. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in EMC Retrospect Client up to 5.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in EMC Retrospect Client 5.1 through 7.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to port 497.

The bug was discovered 05/04/2006. The weakness was published 05/15/2006 by Nicolas Pouvesle with ACROS Security as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2391 since 05/15/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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 $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21327 (EMC Retrospect Client Packet Handling Remote Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9050.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26380), Tenable (21327), SecurityFocus (BID 17948†), OSVDB (25502†) and Secunia (SA20080†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21327
Nessus Name: EMC Retrospect Client Packet Handling Remote Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dellemc.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Nicolas Pouvesle
Organization: ACROS Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-2391 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2391
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30245
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X-Force: 26380
SecurityFocus: 17948 - EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 20080 - EMC Retrospect Client Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 25502 - EMC Retrospect Client Retroclient service buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1016063
Vulnerability Center: 11389 - EMC Retrospect Client Buffer Overflow caused by Specially Crafted Packets, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-1766

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 01/20/2025 16:06
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (74), 06/17/2019 16:49 (12), 01/20/2025 16:06 (17)
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