CVE-2017-6402 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service on Veritas NetBackup servers, disrupting backup operations for enterprise environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-6402?
CVE-2017-6402 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, published on 2 Mar 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Denial of service affecting NetBackup server can occur.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6402?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Veritas Netbackup, Veritas Netbackup Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6402?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6402 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-2017-6402 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6402 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Veritas Netbackup
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jxrr-9496-c4x7.