CVE-2006-0995

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2006-0995 · Published 03/03/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-0995 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting retrospect (emc dantz).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
retrospect emc_dantz	`= 6.5= 7.0`	No fix yet

Description

EMC Dantz Retrospect 7 backup client 7.0.107, and other versions before 7.0.109, and 6.5 before 6.5.138 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client termination and loss of backup service) via a malformed packet to TCP port 497, which triggers an assert error.

References

kb.dantz.com/article.asp · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/19097
securitytracker.com/id
idefense.com/application/poi/display · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/16933
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0811
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25143

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