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Veritas Backup Exec Windows Agent Remote File Access Exploit

I sure hope that there aren't many of you that have large deployments of older Veritas Backup software anywhere in their networks -- there are several critical problems that have cropped up in the past week, most notably:

Veritas Backup Exec Windows Agent Remote File Access Exploit
http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20050811.backupexec_dump.pm.php

Described here:

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/1387


I've already heard of a couple of cases where hackers have gained unauthorized access to networks using this, and a couple of other recent Veritas vulnerabilities. See also:

Hackers Keep Sniffing For Buggy Veritas Backup Software http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=168600850

posted by Fergie @ 8/12/2005 10:52:00 AM