20674 : VERITAS NetBackup vmd Shared Library Remote Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
2	434	over 4 years ago	23 days ago	1 times	90%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-09-14	2005-09-14	2005-11-08	2005-11-08	2006-01-16

Time to Patch
55 days

Keywords

volume manager daemon, SYM05-024

Description

A remote overflow exists in NetBackup. A shared library used by vmd (volume manager daemon) fails to validate user-supplied input resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Symantec has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Symantec Corporation	NetBackup	5.0
		5.1

References

Security Tracker: 1015170
Bugtraq ID: 15353
Secunia Advisory ID: 17503
SCIP VulDB ID: 1878
CVE ID: 2005-3116 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-01/0277.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0274.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.11.08b.html
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/279553.htm
Other Advisory URL: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=336&type=vulnerabilities
Keyword: volume manager daemon,SYM05-024

Tools & Filters

Snort	12904
	20182

Credit

Anonymous - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-11-18 | Disagree?

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