CVE-2024-0801
Arcserve Unified Data Protection vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2024-0801) exists in Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) versions 9.2 and 8.1, specifically in the ASNative.dll component. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Tenable Network Security, Inc., with the CVE being assigned on January 22, 2024 (CVE Mitre, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability affects the ASNative.dll component in Arcserve UDP, a widely used enterprise backup and disaster recovery solution. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a termination of the software process (Help Net Security).

Impact

When successfully exploited, this vulnerability can lead to a denial of service condition in the Arcserve UDP system, potentially disrupting backup and disaster recovery operations (Tenable Research).

Mitigation and workarounds

Security patches have been released to address this vulnerability in Arcserve UDP versions 9.2 and 8.1. Users are advised to implement these patches on every machine using the UDP console (Help Net Security).

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