PT-2017-17046 · Veritas · Veritas Netbackup Appliance+1

Published 2017-03-02 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-6408

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Veritas NetBackup versions 8.0 and earlier Veritas NetBackup Appliance versions 3.0 and earlier

Description A local-privilege-escalation race condition issue exists. This issue occurs in pbx exchange when a local user connects to a socket before permissions are secured.

Recommendations For Veritas NetBackup versions 8.0 and earlier, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. For Veritas NetBackup Appliance versions 3.0 and earlier, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6408

Affected Products

Veritas Netbackup

Veritas Netbackup Appliance

References · 5

• https://veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue8 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6408 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6408 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96491 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037950 · Note