CVE-2005-3659 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the backup service via malformed RPC requests, causing denial of service for NetWorker and related backup products.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2005-3659?

CVE-2005-3659 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

nsrd.exe in EMC Legato NetWorker 7.1.x before 7.1.4 and 7.2.x before 7.2.1.Build.314, and other products such as Sun Solstice Backup (SBU) 6.0 and 6.1 and StorEdge Enterprise Backup Software (EBS) 7.1 through 7.2L, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (nsrd service crash) via a malformed RPC request to RPC program number 390109, which triggers a null dereference.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3659?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Emc Legato Networker.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3659?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3659 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2005-3659 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3659 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g33w-ch5f-5cp8.

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