EMC Retrospect retroclient.exe denial of service
| retrospect-retroclient-dos (43928) |  Low Risk |
Description:
EMC Retrospect is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory corruption error in the retroclient.exe process. By sending specially-crafted packets to TCP port 497, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the process to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service.
Platforms Affected:
- EMC, Retrospect Client 7.5.116
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of EMC Retrospect (7.6 or later), available from the EMC Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jul 21 2008 - 08:44:11 CDT, FGA-2008-16: EMC Dantz Retrospect 7 backup Client 7.5.116 Remote Memory corruption Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0172.html.
- EMC Web site, Product Downloads & Updates at http://www.emcinsignia.com/supportupdates/updates/.
- FortiGuard Advisory (FGA-2008-16), Multiple vulnerabilities in EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client/Server at http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2008-16.html.
- BID-30306: EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client 'retroclient.exe' Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-3290: 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.
- SA31186: EMC Retrospect Multiple Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2150: EMC Retrospect Denial of Service and Information Disclosure Issues
Reported:
Jul 18, 2008
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