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CVE-2005-3566

Published: Nov 16, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 34.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Buffer overflow in various ha commands of VERITAS Cluster Server for UNIX before 4.0MP2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long VCSI18N_LANG environment variable to (1) haagent, (2) haalert, (3) haattr, (4) hacli, (5) hacli_runcmd, (6) haclus, (7) haconf, (8) hadebug, (9) hagrp, (10) hahb, (11) halog, (12) hareg, (13) hares, (14) hastatus, (15) hasys, (16) hatype, (17) hauser, and (18) tststew.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:SC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
cluster serversymantec veritas
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
sanpoint control quickstartsymantec veritas
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
storage foundationsymantec veritas
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
storage foundation cluster file systemsymantec veritas
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
symantec veritascommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka backup exec, netbackup advanced reporter, cluster server

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2350
vupen.com
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015169
securitytracker.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22986
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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Timeline

Published
Nov 16, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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