Symantec Veritas NetBackup Long Request Buffer Overflow
21 Dec. 2006
Summary
"Symantec Veritas NetBackup is an enterprise level backup and recovery suite."
This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Symantec Veritas NetBackup. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within bpcd.exe during the parsing of overly long requests to a NetBackup Master/Media Server. Communications to this process are prefixed with a length, which, if malformed can result in a stack based buffer overflow. Exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to complete system compromise.
Disclosure Timeline:
* 2006.08.14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
* 2006.11.20 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
* 2006.12.13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
