CVE-2022-42300 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash the NetBackup Primary server nbars process, causing a temporary denial of service until the watchdog restarts it.
- 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-2022-42300?
CVE-2022-42300 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, published on 3 Oct 2022. 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 through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server nbars process can be crashed resulting in a denial of service. (Note: the watchdog service will automatically restart the process.)
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42300?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Veritas Netbackup.
How do I fix CVE-2022-42300?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42300 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-2022-42300 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42300 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Veritas Netbackup
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rhw3-c4r2-28c3.