CVE-2016-7399

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7399
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-04 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-27 01:29:00 UTC
Descriptionscripts/license.pl in Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.6.0.x through 2.6.0.4, 2.6.1.x through 2.6.1.2, 2.7.x through 2.7.3, and 3.0.x allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the hostName parameter to appliancews/getLicense.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-77

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Veritas Netbackup Appliance - All All All
Hardware Veritas Netbackup Appliance - All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.0.0 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.0.1 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.0.2 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.0.3 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.0.4 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.1.0 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.1.1 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.1.2 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.7.0.0 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.7.1.0 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.7.2.0 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 3.0.0.0 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.0.0 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.0.1 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.0.2 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.0.3 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.0.4 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.1.0 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.1.1 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.6.1.2 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.7.0.0 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.7.1.0 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 2.7.2.0 All All All
Operating System Veritas Netbackup Appliance Firmware 3.0.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Veritas NetBackup Appliance Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Commands on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Veritas NetBackup Appliance Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution - Sec-1 LabsSec-1 Labs MISC www.sec-1.com Third Party Advisory
Veritas - VTS16-002: NetBackup Appliance Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability CONFIRM www.veritas.com Vendor Advisory
Veritas NetBackup Appliance CVE-2016-7399 Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Remote Code Execution Vulnerability fix in NetBackup Appliances CONFIRM www.veritas.com Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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