APP: Veritas NetBackup Volume Manager Daemon Buffer Overflow (2)

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in the Veritas NetBackup Volume Manager. A successful attack can allow remote code execution with system privileges.

Extended Description

Various daemons running in VERITAS NetBackup are prone to buffer-overflow vulnerabilities. Specifically, the vulnerabilities affect the volume manager daemon ('vmd'), the NetBackup Catalog daemon ('bpdbm'), and the NetBackup Sharepoint Services server daemon ('bpspsserver'). A successful attack may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable computer to gain unauthorized access in the context of the application. These issues affect various versions of NetBackup servers and clients.

Affected Products

Veritas_software netbackup_enterprise_server

Short Name
APP:VERITAS:NB-VMD-OF2
Severity
Critical
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
APP
Keywords
(2) Buffer CVE-2006-0989 Daemon Manager NetBackup Overflow Veritas Volume bid:17264
Release Date
10/17/2006
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
3724
Port
TCP/13701
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Veritas_software

CVSS Score

9.0

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