CVE-2022-42299 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service on Veritas NetBackup Primary servers via the DiscoveryService, requiring administrators to apply vendor patches.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-42299?
CVE-2022-42299 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, published on 3 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack through the DiscoveryService service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42299?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Veritas Netbackup.
How do I fix CVE-2022-42299?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42299 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-2022-42299 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42299 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Veritas Netbackup
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5v3h-r8cr-48wj.