Description
Integer overflow in the DPA_Utilities library in EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) 5.5 through 5.8 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a negative 64-bit value in a certain size field.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- EMC Data Protection Advisor 5.8.1 - Denial of Service EDB-18688 · dos · Mar 31, 2012 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20120418 ESA-2012-018: EMC Data Protection Advisor Multiple Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 18688 exploit
- 1026956 vdb-entry
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt