Medium severity · published May 7, 2016
CVE-2015-6551
Veritas NetBackup 7.x through 7.5.0.7 and 7.6.0.x through 7.6.0.4 and NetBackup Appliance through 2.5.4 and 2.6.0.x through 2.6.0.4 do not use TLS for administration-console…
5.9
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Veritas NetBackup 7.x through 7.5.0.7 and 7.6.0.x through 7.6.0.4 and NetBackup Appliance through 2.5.4 and 2.6.0.x through 2.6.0.4 do not use TLS for administration-console traffic to the NBU server, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network for key-exchange packets.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
NetBackup · Veritas
7.0; 7.0.1; 7.1.0.1; 7.1.0.2; 7.1.0.3; 7.1.0.4; +12 more · source: NVD
NA
Netbackup Appliance · Veritas
1.1.0.1; 1.1.0.2; 1.2; 2.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; +13 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6551
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6551
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035704
Vendor Advisory
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS16-001.html
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