5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.024 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.0%
According to its version number, the installed instance of Retrospect Client for Windows reportedly will stop working if it receives a packet starting with a specially crafted sequence of bytes. An unauthenticated, remote attacker may be able to leverage this flaw to prevent the affected host from being backed up.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description) {
script_id(20996);
script_version("1.17");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0995");
script_bugtraq_id(16933);
script_name(english:"Retrospect Client Malformed Packet DoS");
script_summary(english:"Checks version of Retrospect client");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote backup client is susceptible to denial of service attacks." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its version number, the installed instance of Retrospect
Client for Windows reportedly will stop working if it receives a
packet starting with a specially crafted sequence of bytes. An
unauthenticated, remote attacker may be able to leverage this flaw to
prevent the affected host from being backed up." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426652/30/0/threaded" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ad9dbb3d" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Retrospect Client for Windows version 6.5.138 / 7.0.109 or
later." );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2006/03/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2006/03/02");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("retrospect_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/retrospect", 497);
exit(0);
}
port = get_kb_item("Services/retrospect");
if (!port) port = 497;
if (!get_port_state(port)) exit(0);
ver = get_kb_item(string("Retrospect/", port, "/Version"));
ostype = get_kb_item(string("Retrospect/", port, "/OSType"));
if (!ver || isnull(ostype))
exit (0);
# Windows only
ostype = ostype >>> 16;
if (ostype > 1 && ostype < 10)
{
iver = split(ver, sep:'.', keep:FALSE);
if (
(int(iver[0]) == 6 && int(iver[1]) == 5 && int(iver[2]) < 138) ||
(int(iver[0]) == 7 && int(iver[1]) == 0 && int(iver[2]) < 109)
) security_warning(port);
}