PT-2023-21941 · Veritas · Veritas Netbackup

Published 2023-03-23 · Updated 2025-02-25 · CVE-2023-28758

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Veritas NetBackup versions prior to 8.3.0.2

Description An issue was discovered that allows an unprivileged user to specify a log file path when executing a NetBackup command, potentially leading to the overwrite of existing NetBackup log files.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.3.0.2, update to version 8.3.0.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the BPCD functionality to prevent unprivileged users from specifying log file paths.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-28758

Affected Products

Veritas Netbackup

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28758 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28758 · Vendor Advisory
• https://veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS23-003 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/112464 · Telegram Post