VDB-1645 · CVE-2005-2389 · SA16187

Veritas NetBackup 5.1 NDMP Mover Agent CONFIG Message denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Veritas NetBackup 5.1. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component NDMP Mover Agent. This manipulation as part of CONFIG Message causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2005-2389. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is advisable to implement restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Veritas NetBackup 5.1 (Backup Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component NDMP Mover Agent. The manipulation as part of a CONFIG Message leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

NDMP server in Veritas NetBackup 5.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a CONFIG message with an out-of-range timestamp, which triggers a null dereference.

The bug was discovered 07/22/2005. The weakness was published 07/23/2005 with Hat-Squad (Website). The advisory is shared at hat-squad.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2389 since 07/27/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at hat-squad.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at veritas.com.Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (18252†) and Secunia (SA16187†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Patch: veritas.com

Timelineinfo

07/22/2005 🔍
07/23/2005 +1 days 🔍
07/25/2005 +2 days 🔍
07/27/2005 +1 days 🔍
07/27/2005 +0 days 🔍
08/02/2005 +6 days 🔍
07/03/2019 +5083 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: hat-squad.com
Researcher: http://www.hat-squad.com
Organization: Hat-Squad
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2389 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2389
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1645
Secunia: 16187 - VERITAS NetBackup NDMP Mover Agent Denial of Service, Not Critical
OSVDB: 18252 - VERITAS NetBackup NDMP Mover Agent time_stamp Function DoS

Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2005 10:40
Updated: 07/03/2019 18:28
Changes: 08/02/2005 10:40 (61), 07/03/2019 18:28 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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