DOS: Dell NetVault Backup Denial of Service

A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in Dell NetVault Backup. The vulnerability is due to an assertion failure when processing specially crafted data sent to TCP port 20031. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

Extended Description

Dell Netvault Backup before 10.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted request.

Affected Products

Dell netvault_backup

References

BugTraq: 76122

CVE: CVE-2015-5696

Short Name
DOS:DELL-NETVAULT-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
True
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
DOS
Keywords
Backup CVE-2015-5696 Dell Denial NetVault Service bid:76122 of
Release Date
08/27/2015
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3337
Port
TCP/20031
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Dell

CVSS Score

5.0

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