Vulnerability Details : CVE-2022-42306
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.
Products affected by CVE-2022-42306
- cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-42306
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2022-42306
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
2.0
|
4.0
|
MITRE | |
|
5.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
|
3.6
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2022-42306
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The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2022-42306
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https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-010#M1
Hotfix for Security Advisory Impacting NetBackup Clients and ServersPatch;Vendor Advisory
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