High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 2, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-6405

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Hostname-based security is open to DNS spoofing.

Affected products

Symantec/Netbackup
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=8.0
Symantec/NetBackup Appliance
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=3.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96488nvd

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