CVE-2017-6405 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Hostname-based security is open to DNS spoofing.

Published: 2017-03-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15462	An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Hostname-based security is open to DNS spoofing.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00195.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96488
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue7

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Veritas Netbackup Netbackup Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-02T06:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:25:49.242Z

Reserved: 2017-03-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6405

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-02T06:59:00.870

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6405

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-290

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