National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6222
Original release date:12/14/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#607312
Name: VU#607312
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: netbackup-connect-options-bo(30883)
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: netbackup-long-request-bo(30882)
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.12.13a.html
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 21565
Type: Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-4999
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017379
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23368
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-049.html
Type: Advisory
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20061213 ZDI-06-049: Symantec Veritas NetBackup Long Request Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
External Source: SREASON
Name: 2033
