EMC Legato Networker nsrd.exe buffer overflow

legato-nsrd-bo (24175) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

EMC Legato NetWorker is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the nsrd.exe service. By sending a specially-crafted RPC request to RPC program number 390109, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Note: This vulnerability also affects Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup Software (EBS).


Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Refer to EMC Legato - Technical Product Alert - January 16, 2006 for upgrade and hot-fix information. See References.

For Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup Software (EBS):
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 102148 for patch information. See References.

References:

  • EMC Legato - Technical Product Alert - January 16, 2006: EMC NetWorker .
  • iDEFENSE Security Advisory 01.17.06: EMC Legato Networker nsrd.exe Heap Overflow Vulnerability.
  • Legato Web site: Legato Networker - The Backup and Recovery Performance Leader.
  • Sun Alert ID: 102148: SecurityVulnerabilities in Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup Software (EBS).
  • BID-16275: EMC Legato Networker Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2005-3658: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in EMC Legato NetWorker 7.1.x before 7.1.4 and 7.2.x before 7.2.1.Build.314, and other products such as Sun Solstice Backup (SBU) 6.0 and 6.1 and StorEdge Enterprise Backup Software (EBS) 7.1 through 7.2L, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (unresponsive application) via malformed RPC packets to (1) RPC program number 390109 (nsrd.exe) and (2) RPC program number 390113 (nsrexecd.exe).
  • SA18495: EMC NetWorker Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
  • SA18615: Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup / Solstice Backup Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1015500: EMC Legato NetWorker `nsrd.exe` and `nsrexecd.exe` Heap Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
  • SECTRACK ID: 1015545: Sun StorEdge `nsrd.exe` and `nsrexecd.exe` Heap Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-0233: EMC NetWorker Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Issues
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-0343: Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup Software (EBS) Multiple Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • EMC Legato NetWorker 7.1.4
  • EMC Legato NetWorker 7.2.1
  • EMC Legato NetWorker 7.3
  • Sun Solstice Backup 6.0
  • Sun Solstice Backup 6.1
  • Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup Software 7.0
  • Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup Software 7.1
  • Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup Software 7.2

Reported:

Jan 17, 2006

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