CVE-2017-6405

HIGH

Veritas NetBackup < 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance < 3.0 - Authentication Bypass via DNS Spoofing

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

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

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0083

EPSS Percentile 52.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-290

Status published

Products (2)

veritas/netbackup < 8.0

veritas/netbackup_appliance < 3.0

Published Mar 02, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026