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TITLE:
Symantec Backup Exec  RPC Interface Heap Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26032

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26032/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers 10.x
http://secunia.com/product/14761/
Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers 11.x
http://secunia.com/product/14564/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec Backup Exec, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service)
and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
handling of input sent to an RPC interface. This can be exploited to
cause a heap-based buffer overflow by sending specially crafted calls
to the vulnerable RPC interface.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in the following versions:
* Backup Exec for Windows Servers version 10.0 build 10.0.5484
* Backup Exec for Windows Servers version 10.0 build 10.0.5520
* Backup Exec for Windows Servers version 10d build 10.1.5629
* Backup Exec for Windows Servers version 11d build 11.0.6235
* Backup Exec for Windows Servers version 11d build 11.0.7170

SOLUTION:
Apply the hotfix:
http://support.veritas.com/docs/289283

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits iDefense.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.07.11a.html

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