CVE-2008-3287 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

retroclient.exe in EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client 7.5.116 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via malformed packets to TCP port 497, which trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

Published: 2008-07-24

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:emc_dantz:retrospect_backup_client:7.5.116:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-3275	retroclient.exe in EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client 7.5.116 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via malformed packets to TCP port 497, which trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01461.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://kb.dantz.com/display/2/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=9692&r=0.5160639
http://secunia.com/advisories/31186
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4031
http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2008-16.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494562/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30313
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2150/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43926

History

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Subscriptions

Emc Dantz Retrospect Backup Client

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-07-24T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:28:41.985Z

Reserved: 2008-07-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3287

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-07-24T17:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3287

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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