EMC Avamar 'gsan' Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:40390

Info

EMC Avamar 'gsan' Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 40390
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2010-1919
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 26 2010 12:00AM
Updated: May 26 2010 12:00AM
Credit: EMC
Vulnerable: EMC Avamar 5.0
EMC Avamar 4.1
Not Vulnerable: EMC Avamar 5.0 SP1

Discussion

EMC Avamar 'gsan' Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

EMC Avamar is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the 'gsan' service to hang, denying service to legitimate users.

Versions prior to Avamar 5.0 SP1 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

EMC Avamar 'gsan' Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available network utilities to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

EMC Avamar 'gsan' Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for details.

References

EMC Avamar 'gsan' Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

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