CVE-2006-1298 (GCVE-0-2006-1298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-03-19 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:03
VLAI?
Summary
Format string vulnerability in the Job Engine service (bengine.exe) in the Media Server in Veritas Backup Exec 10d (10.1) for Windows Servers rev. 5629, Backup Exec 10.0 for Windows Servers rev. 5520, Backup Exec 10.0 for Windows Servers rev. 5484, and Backup Exec 9.1 for Windows Servers rev. 4691, when the job log mode is Full Detailed (aka Full Details), allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename on a machine that is backed up by Backup Exec.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428223/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://support.veritas.com/docs/282254 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0996 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015785 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/19242 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17096 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public ?
2006-03-16 00:00
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