CVE-2008-3287

N/A Unknown

Published: July 24, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://kb.dantz.com/display/2/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=9692&r=0.5160639

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/31186

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4031

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2008-16.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494562/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30313

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2150/references

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43926

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://kb.dantz.com/display/2/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=9692&r=0.5160639