PROBLEM:
EMC Data Protection Advisor Server and Collector Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service
PLATFORM:
Server and Collector 5.5, 5.5 SP1, 5.6, 5.6 SP1, 5.7, 5.7 SP1, 5.8, 5.8 SP1
ABSTRACT:
Two vulnerabilities were reported in EMC Data Protection Advisor. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
Reference LINKS:
SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1026956
CVE-2012-0407
CVE-2012-0406
IMPACT ASSESSMENT:
Medium
Discussion:
A remote user can send specially crafted data to the Controller, Listener, or Collector processes to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and causes a process crash. A remote user can send specially crafted data to the Controller, Listener, or Collector processes to trigger an integer overflow and cause a busy-wait condition that will consume excessive CPU resources.
Impact:
A remote user can consume excessive CPU resources or cause a process crash on the target system.
Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (Security Hotfix DPA-14718).