CVE-2006-1297 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in Veritas Backup Exec Remote Agents via memory errors, impacting backup availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-1297?
CVE-2006-1297 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Mar 2006. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Veritas Backup Exec for Windows Server Remote Agent 9.1 through 10.1, for Netware Servers and Remote Agent 9.1 and 9.2, and Remote Agent for Linux Servers 10.0 and 10.1 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or unavailability) due to "memory errors."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1297?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Symantec Veritas Backup Exec, Symantec Veritas Backup Exec Remote Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1297?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1297 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-1297 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1297 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vjjv-99cx-jq2g.