The information in this article also applies to NetBackup Virtual Appliances.
Description
Recently a zero-day vulnerability was reported in the popular open-source Java framework, Spring, that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a remote web server. Veritas has concluded that (some versions of) NetBackup Appliances are impacted. Please see the table below for remediation steps.
NetBackup Appliance/NetBackup Virtual Appliance |
Remediation |
4.1.0.1 MR2 |
(1) Download MR2 hotfix here (2) Install hotfix |
4.1/4.1.0.1 MR1 |
(1) Upgrade to 4.1.0.1 MR2 here (2) Download MR2 hotfix here (3) Install hotfix |
4.0.0.1 MR3 |
(1) Download MR3 hotfix here (2) Install hotfix |
4.0/4.0.0.1 MR1/4.0.0.1 MR2 |
(1) Upgrade to 4.0.0.1 MR3 here (2) Download MR3 hotfix here (3) Install hotfix |
3.x/5.0 |
None needed as not impacted |
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