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CVE-2006-6222: Symantec Veritas Netbackup Client: Buffer overflow

CVE-2006-6222 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and NVD lists 3 affected products, including Symantec Veritas Netbackup Client. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the NetBackup bpcd daemon (bpcd.exe) in Symantec Veritas NetBackup 5.0 before 5.0_MP7, 5.1 before 5.1_MP6, and 6.0 before 6.0_MP4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request with a malformed length prefix.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Symantec Veritas Netbackup Client: 5.0; 5.1; 6.0
  • Symantec Veritas Netbackup Enterprise Server: 5.0; 5.1; 6.0
  • Symantec Veritas Netbackup Server: 5.0; 5.1; 6.0

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