CVE-2012-0406

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-04-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

EMC Data Protection Advisor prior to 6.4: 5.5, 5.5-sp1, 5.6, 5.6-sp1, 5.7, 5.7-sp1 (+2)

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522408/30/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026956
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522408/30/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026956

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