CVE-2006-2391 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2006-05-16

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 49.0% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:emc:retrospect_client:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:retrospect_client:6.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:retrospect_client:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:retrospect_client:7.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.48984.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://kb.dantz.com/display/2n/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=9511
http://secunia.com/advisories/20080
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016063
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016136
http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2006-05-17-1-PUB.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/186944
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434726/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17948
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18064
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1766
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26380

History

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Emc Retrospect Client

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-16T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.301Z

Reserved: 2006-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2391

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-16T01:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2391

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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