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CVE-2022-42306

Published: Oct 3, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-476
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 8.2 and related Veritas products. An attacker with local access can send a crafted packet to pbx_exchange during registration and cause a NULL pointer exception, effectively crashing the pbx_exchange process.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected Products

netbackupveritas
On-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
n/an/a
veritascommercialUSCloud & SaaS

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-010#M1
veritas.com

Timeline

Published
Oct 3, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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