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"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. |
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Credit:
The information has been provided by ZDI-06-049.
The original article can be found at:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-049.html
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Veritas NetBackup 6.0 prior to MP4
* Veritas NetBackup 5.1 prior to MP6
* Veritas NetBackup 5.0 prior to MP7
CVE Information:
CVE-2006-6222
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.
Vendor Status:
Symantec has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.12.13a.html
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
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