CVE-2012-0406

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.8/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 20, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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