Overview
The Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Engine contains a vulnerability. If successfully exploited, this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to shut down the tape engine interface.
Description
BrightStor ARCserve Backup is a backup and data retention tool that integrates with other BrightStor Data Availability and BrightStor Storage Management solutions. The Tape Engine features allow BrightStor ARCserve Backup products to use tape drives for storage. The BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Engine contains a vulnerability that is caused by an RPC function. This RPC function can be used to disable the tape engine interface. |
Impact
A remote unauthenticated attacker may be able to create a denial -of-service condition. |
Solution
Upgrade |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
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| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Computer Associates for information that was used in this report. Computer Associates credits McAfee for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2007-1448 |
| Severity Metric: | 1.20 |
| Date Public: | 2007-03-16 |
| Date First Published: | 2007-03-17 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2007-03-20 14:07 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 17 |