Symantec Veritas Enterprise Administrator Service Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2011-0547
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Multiple integer overflows in vxsvc.exe in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator service in Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 and earlier, Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System (SFCFS) 5.1 and earlier, Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System Enterprise for Oracle RAC (SFCFSORAC) 5.1 and earlier, Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) 5.1, and NetBackup PureDisk 6.5.x through 6.6.1.x allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted Unicode string, related to the vxveautil.value_binary_unpack function; (2) a crafted ASCII string, related to the vxveautil.value_binary_unpack function; or (3) a crafted value, related to the vxveautil.kv_binary_unpack function, leading to a buffer overflow.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004780
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1004780 - Symantec Veritas Enterprise Administrator Service Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- symantec netbackup_puredisk 6.5.0.1
- symantec netbackup_puredisk 6.5.1
- symantec netbackup_puredisk 6.5.1.1
- symantec netbackup_puredisk 6.5.1.2
- symantec netbackup_puredisk 6.6.1
- symantec netbackup_puredisk 6.6.1.1
- symantec netbackup_puredisk 6.6.1.2
- symantec veritas_dynamic_multi-pathing 5.1
- symantec veritas_storage_foundation 5.0
- symantec veritas_storage_foundation 5.1
- symantec veritas_storage_foundation_cluster_file_system_for_oracle_rac 5.0
- symantec veritas_storage_foundation_cluster_file_system_for_oracle_rac 5.1
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