ZDI-05-001: VERITAS NetBackup Remote Code Execution

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-05-001.html

October 12th, 2005

-- CVE ID:

CAN-2005-2715

-- Affected Vendor:

Symantec VERITAS

-- Affected Products:

VERITAS NetBackup Data and Business Center 4.5FP

VERITAS NetBackup Data and Business Center 4.5MP

VERITAS NetBackup Enterprise/Server/Client 5.0

VERITAS NetBackup Enterprise/Server/Client 5.1

VERITAS NetBackup Enterprise/Server/Client 6.0

-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:

TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this

vulnerability since September 15th, 2005 by Digital Vaccine protection

filter ID 3766. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:

http://www.tippingpoint.com

-- Vulnerability Details:

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on

vulnerable NetBackup installations. Authentication is not required to

exploit this vulnerability.

This specific flaw exists within the bpjava-msvc daemon due to incorrect

handling of format string data passed through the

'COMMAND_LOGON_TO_MSERVER' command. The vulnerable daemon listens on

TCP port 13722 and affects both NetBackup clients and servers.

-- Vendor Response:

Symantec Engineers have verified this issue and made security updates

available for the supported VERITAS NetBackup products. Symantec

strongly recommends all customers immediately apply the latest updates

for their supported product versions to protect against these types of

threats. Please refer to the Symantec advisory for update information:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.12.html

-- Disclosure Timeline:

2005.09.12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor

2005.09.15 â?? Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers

2005.10.11 â?? Vulnerability information provided to ZDI security partners

2005.10.12 â?? Coordinated public release of advisory

-- Credit:

This vulnerability was discovered by Kevin Finisterre with exploitation

assistance from JohnH.

-- About the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI):

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(ZDI) represents a best-of-breed model for rewarding security

researchers for responsibly disclosing discovered vulnerabilities.

Researchers interested in getting paid for their security research

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3Com does not re-sell the vulnerability details or any exploit code.

Instead, upon notifying the affected product vendor, 3Com provides its

customers with zero day protection through its intrusion prevention

technology. Explicit details regarding the specifics of the

vulnerability are not exposed to any parties until an official vendor

patch is publicly available. Furthermore, with the altruistic aim of

helping to secure a broader user base, 3Com provides this vulnerability

information confidentially to security vendors (including competitors)

who have a vulnerability protection or mitigation product.

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