CVE-2008-3290

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

retroclient.exe in EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client 7.5.116 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a series of long packets containing 0x00 characters to TCP port 497 that trigger memory corruption, probably involving an English product version on a Chinese OS version.

Affected products

Emc Dantz Retrospect Backup Client: 7.5.116

References

http://kb.dantz.com/display/2/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=9692&r=0.5160639
http://secunia.com/advisories/31186
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4024
http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2008-16.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494564/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30306
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2150/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43928
http://kb.dantz.com/display/2/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=9692&r=0.5160639
http://secunia.com/advisories/31186
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4024
http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2008-16.html

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