Overview
The Symantec VERITAS NetBackup Volume Manager daemon contains a buffer overflow vulnerability which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Description
Symantec VERITAS NetBackup is a client/server based backup software solution. The Sharepoint Services server (bpspsserver) daemon is enabled by default on both servers and clients in the NetBackup 6.0 release for Windows, and is used to support Microsoft SharePoint Servers on a network. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in this component that could allow a remote attacker to execute code on a vulnerable system. |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. |
Solution
Install an update Symantec has provided updates for the vulnerable software in Security Advisory SYM06-006. |
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Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
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References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to TippingPoint Security Research for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Chad R Dougherty.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-0991 |
| Severity Metric: | 16.03 |
| Date Public: | 2006-03-27 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-03-29 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2007-01-12 21:41 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 5 |