[NEWS] Symantec Veritas NetBackup Long Request Buffer Overflow

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Symantec Veritas NetBackup Long Request Buffer Overflow
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SUMMARY

"Symantec Veritas NetBackup is an enterprise level backup and recovery
suite."

This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Symantec Veritas NetBackup. Authentication is
not required to exploit this vulnerability.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
* Veritas NetBackup 6.0 prior to MP4
* Veritas NetBackup 5.1 prior to MP6
* Veritas NetBackup 5.0 prior to MP7

CVE Information:
<http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6222>
CVE-2006-6222

The specific flaw exists within bpcd.exe during the parsing of overly long
requests to a NetBackup Master/Media Server. Communications to this
process are prefixed with a length, which, if malformed can result in a
stack based buffer overflow. Exploitation of this vulnerability can lead
to complete system compromise.

Vendor Status:
Symantec has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details
can be found at:
<http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.12.13a.html>
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.12.13a.html

Disclosure Timeline:
* 2006.08.14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
* 2006.11.20 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
* 2006.12.13 - Coordinated public release of advisory


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by ZDI-06-049.
The original article can be found at:
<http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-049.html>
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-049.html



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