CVE-2017-6405

Published: Mar 2, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Hostname-based security is open to DNS spoofing.

Affected (2)

Products: Veritas: Netbackup, Netbackup Appliance

Veritas

2 products

Netbackup

Netbackup Appliance

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Veritas Netbackup	Up to 8.0
Veritas Netbackup Appliance	Up to 3.0

Related CWEs

CWE-290

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96488

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96488

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue7

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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