VERITAS NetBackup Volume Manager Daemon Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:15353

Info

VERITAS NetBackup Volume Manager Daemon Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15353
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-3116
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 08 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 16 2006 02:40PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to an anonymous source.
Vulnerable: Veritas Software NetBackup Server 5.1
Veritas Software NetBackup Server 5.0
Veritas Software NetBackup Enterprise Server 5.1
Veritas Software NetBackup Enterprise Server 5.0
Veritas Software NetBackup Client 5.1
Veritas Software NetBackup Client 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

VERITAS NetBackup Volume Manager Daemon Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

VERITAS NetBackup is prone to a buffer overflow in the Volume Manager Daemon. Successful exploitation could result in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution.

This issue only affects NetBackup 5.0 and 5.1.

Exploit / POC

VERITAS NetBackup Volume Manager Daemon Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Exploit code has been released by Patrick Thomassen.

Solution / Fix

VERITAS NetBackup Volume Manager Daemon Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Fixes are available:


Veritas Software NetBackup Client 5.0

Veritas Software NetBackup Server 5.0

Veritas Software NetBackup Enterprise Server 5.0

Veritas Software NetBackup Server 5.1

Veritas Software NetBackup Client 5.1

Veritas Software NetBackup Enterprise Server 5.1

References

VERITAS NetBackup Volume Manager Daemon Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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