Description
Veritas NetBackup 7.x through 7.5.0.7 and 7.6.0.x through 7.6.0.4 and NetBackup Appliance through 2.5.4 and 2.6.0.x through 2.6.0.4 do not use TLS for administration-console traffic to the NBU server, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network for key-exchange packets.
Published: 2016-05-07
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-6490 Veritas NetBackup 7.x through 7.5.0.7 and 7.6.0.x through 7.6.0.4 and NetBackup Appliance through 2.5.4 and 2.6.0.x through 2.6.0.4 do not use TLS for administration-console traffic to the NBU server, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network for key-exchange packets.
History

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Subscriptions

Veritas Netbackup Netbackup Appliance
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: symantec

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:22:22.172Z

Reserved: 2015-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6551

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-07T14:59:01.197

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-6551

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses