Veritas NetBackup up to 7.5.0.7/7.6.0.4/7.6.1.2/7.7.1 Administration Console information disclosure

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Veritas NetBackup up to 7.5.0.7/7.6.0.4/7.6.1.2/7.7.1. This affects an unknown part of the component Administration Console. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2015-6551. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Veritas NetBackup up to 7.5.0.7/7.6.0.4/7.6.1.2/7.7.1 (Backup Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Administration Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Veritas NetBackup 7.x through 7.5.0.7 and 7.6.0.x through 7.6.0.4 and NetBackup Appliance through 2.5.4 and 2.6.0.x through 2.6.0.4 do not use TLS for administration-console traffic to the NBU server, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network for key-exchange packets.

The weakness was published 05/07/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at veritas.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-6551 since 08/21/2015. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91126 (Veritas NetBackup 7.x < 7.7.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VTS16-001)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121744 (Veritas NetBackup Remote Access Vulnerabilities (VTS16-001)).

Upgrading to version 7.7.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91126). Similar entries are available at VDB-83799 and VDB-83801. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Backup Software

Vendor

• Veritas

Name

• NetBackup

Version

• 7.5.0.0
• 7.5.0.1
• 7.5.0.2
• 7.5.0.3
• 7.5.0.4
• 7.5.0.5
• 7.5.0.6
• 7.5.0.7
• 7.6.0.0
• 7.6.0.1
• 7.6.0.2
• 7.6.0.3
• 7.6.0.4
• 7.6.1.0
• 7.6.1.1
• 7.6.1.2
• 7.7.0
• 7.7.1

License

• commercial

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