In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160, and 16 before FP1, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in multiple agents that can lead to a denial of service or remote code execution. An unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to crash the agent or potentially take control of the agent process and then the system it is running on.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98386 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038561 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42282/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-006.html#Issue1 Patch Vendor Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-10T21:00:00

Updated: 2020-09-24T22:19:00

Reserved: 2017-05-10T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-8895

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-10T21:29:00.177

Modified: 2021-08-12T16:22:55.020


Link: CVE-2017-8895

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