APP: Veritas Backup Agent Malformed Request DoS
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in Veritas Backup Agent software. Attackers can send a malformed request to a backup server agent to crash the agent, creating a denial-of-service condition.
Extended Description
VERITAS Backup Exec Remote Agent is prone to a remotely exploitable denial of service vulnerability. This could cause a denial of service on the computer hosting the application. This issue only affects the application on Microsoft Windows platforms.
Affected Products
Veritas_software backup_exec_for_windows_servers
Short Name
APP:VERITAS:MAL-REQUEST-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
APP
Keywords
Agent Backup CVE-2004-1172 CVE-2005-0772 CVE-2005-0773 CVE-2008-5441 DoS Malformed Request Veritas bid:14021 bid:33177
Release Date
07/07/2005
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3726
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Veritas_software
CVSS Score
7.5
10.0
5.0