cve/2012/CVE-2012-0406.md

### [CVE-2012-0406](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0406)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688/

#### Github
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