CVE-2006-0991 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-0991?

CVE-2006-0991 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, published on 28 Mar 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the NetBackup Sharepoint Services server daemon (bpspsserver) on NetBackup 6.0 for Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted "Request Service" packets to the vnetd service (TCP port 13724).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0991?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Veritas Netbackup.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0991?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0991 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2006-0991 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0991 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Veritas Netbackup

• CVE-2022-36954 Missing authorization in n/a Critical 9.9
• CVE-2024-28222 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-36950 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-36951 Other in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-8856 Command injection in n/a Critical 9.8

All Veritas Netbackup vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fcqc-4m7c-74f8.