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CVE-2006-0990
Stack-based buffer overflow in the NetBackup Catalog daemon (bpdbm) in Veritas NetBackup Enterprise Server 5.0 through 6.0 and DataCenter…
High9.0EPSS 8.1%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the NetBackup Catalog daemon (bpdbm) in Veritas NetBackup Enterprise Server 5.0 through 6.0 and DataCenter and BusinesServer 4.5FP and 4.5MP allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.1% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 1015832 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 17264 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/281521.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20060327 SYM06-006, Veritas NetBackup: Multiple Overflow Vulnerabilities in NetBackup Daemons (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- netbackup-bpdbm-sprintf-bo(25472) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19417 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1124 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- VU#744137 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 642 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.03.27.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-006.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060327 ZDI-06-006: Symantec VERITAS NetBackup Database Manager Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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