Veritas NetBackup and NetBackup Appliance CVE-2017-8858 Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

BID:98381

Info

Veritas NetBackup and NetBackup Appliance CVE-2017-8858 Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 98381
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2017-8858
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 07 2017 12:00AM
Updated: May 23 2017 04:24PM
Credit: Sven Blumenstein and Xiaoran Wang from the Google Security Team
Vulnerable: Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.7.2
Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.7.1
Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.5.4
Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.5
Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.0
Veritas NetBackup Appliance 1.2
Veritas NetBackup Appliance 1.1
Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0
Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.7
Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.6.1.2
Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.6.1.0
Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.6.0.4
Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.6.0.0
Veritas NetBackup 7.7.2
Veritas NetBackup 7.7.1
Veritas NetBackup 7.7
Veritas NetBackup 7.5
Veritas NetBackup 7.1
Veritas NetBackup 8.0
Veritas NetBackup 7.6.1.2
Veritas NetBackup 7.6.1.0
Veritas NetBackup 7.6.0.4
Veritas NetBackup 7.6.0.0
Veritas NetBackup 7.5.0.7
Veritas NetBackup 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Veritas NetBackup and NetBackup Appliance CVE-2017-8858 Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

Veritas NetBackup and NetBackup Appliance are prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers write or overwrite arbitrary files.

An attacker can exploit this issue to write or overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the web server, which may aid in further attacks.

Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and prior and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and prior are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Veritas NetBackup and NetBackup Appliance CVE-2017-8858 Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Veritas NetBackup and NetBackup Appliance CVE-2017-8858 Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

Veritas NetBackup and NetBackup Appliance CVE-2017-8858 Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

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