24172 : VERITAS NetBackup Volume Manager Daemon (vmd.exe) Unspecified Remote Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
10	1070	over 5 years ago	about 1 year ago	7 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-12-20	2005-12-20	2006-03-27	2006-03-27	2006-04-05

Time to Patch	Time to Exploit
97 days	106 days

Keywords

ZDI-06-005

Description

A remote overflow exists in NetBackup Enterprise Server. Netbackup fails to perform adequate bounds checking during a call to the sscanf() function which copies user-supplied data resulting in a stack-based 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
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Private, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

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

Products

Veritas Software

NetBackup Enterprise Server

6.0

References

Security Tracker: 1015832
Bugtraq ID: 17264
Secunia Advisory ID: 19417
CVE ID: 2006-0989 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 24170 24171
ISS X-Force ID: 25471
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-1124
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1643.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.03.27.html
http://support.veritas.com/docs/281521
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.saintcorporation.com
http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/netbackup_vmd_arg
Vendor URL: http://www.veritas.com/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-005.html
Keyword: ZDI-06-005

Tools & Filters

Snort	6405

Credit

Sebastian Apelt - Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-03-27 | Disagree?

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