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Secunia Research 28/11/2007
- Symantec Backup Exec Job Engine Denial of Service -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers version 11d (11.0 rev 7170)
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Less Critical
Impact: Denial of Service
Where: Local network
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
Symantec Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers is the gold standard in
Windows data recovery, providing cost-effective, high-performance, and
certified disk-to-disk-to-tape backup and recovery?with available
continuous data protection for Microsoft Exchange, SQL, file servers,
and workstations. High-performance agents and options provide fast,
flexible, granular protection and recovery, and scalable management of
local and remote server backups."
Product Link:
http://www.symantec.com/business/products/overview.jsp?pcid=2244&pvid=57_1
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered some vulnerabilities in Symantec
Backup Exec for Windows Servers, which can be exploited by malicious
people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
1) A NULL-pointer dereference error in the Backup Exec Job Engine
service (bengine.exe) when handling exceptions can be exploited to
crash the service by sending a specially crafted packet to default
port 5633/TCP.
2) Two integer overflow errors within the Backup Exec Job Engine
service can be exploited to e.g. cause the service to enter an
infinite loop and exhaust all available memory or consume large
amounts of CPU resource by sending a specially crafted packet to
default port 5633/TCP.
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5) Solution
Apply hotfixes.
Build 11.0.6235:
http://support.veritas.com/docs/294241
Build 11.0.7170:
http://support.veritas.com/docs/294237
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6) Time Table
02/10/2007 - Vendor notified.
02/10/2007 - Vendor replied.
28/11/2007 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by JJ Reyes, Secunia Research.
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8) References
SYM07-029:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.11.27.html
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2007-4346 (NULL pointer dereference error) and CVE-2007-4347
(integer overflows) for the vulnerabilities.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-74/
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