Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Security Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.1.2)
  1. About the NetBackup appliance Security Guide
    1.  
      About the NetBackup appliance Security Guide
  2. User authentication
    1. About user authentication on the NetBackup appliance
      1.  
        User types that can authenticate on the NetBackup appliance
    2. About configuring user authentication
      1.  
        Generic user authentication guidelines
    3.  
      About authenticating LDAP users
    4.  
      About authenticating Active Directory users
    5.  
      About authenticating Kerberos-NIS users
    6.  
      About the appliance login banner
    7. About user name and password specifications
      1.  
        About STIG-compliant password policy rules
  3. User authorization
    1.  
      About user authorization on the NetBackup appliance
    2. About authorizing NetBackup appliance users
      1.  
        NetBackup appliance user role privileges
    3.  
      About the Administrator user role
    4.  
      About the NetBackupCLI user role
  4. Intrusion prevention and intrusion detection systems
    1.  
      About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup appliance
    2.  
      About the NetBackup appliance intrusion prevention system
    3.  
      About the NetBackup appliance intrusion detection system
    4.  
      Reviewing SDCS events on the NetBackup appliance
    5.  
      Running SDCS in unmanaged mode on the NetBackup appliance
    6.  
      Running SDCS in managed mode on the NetBackup appliance
  5. Log files
    1.  
      About NetBackup appliance log files
    2.  
      Viewing log files using the Support command
    3.  
      Where to find NetBackup appliance log files using the Browse command
    4.  
      Gathering device logs on a NetBackup appliance
    5.  
      Log Forwarding feature overview
  6. Operating system security
    1.  
      About NetBackup appliance operating system security
    2.  
      Major components of the NetBackup appliance OS
    3.  
      Vulnerability scanning of the NetBackup appliance
  7. Data security
    1.  
      About data security
    2.  
      About data integrity
    3.  
      About data classification
    4. About data encryption
      1.  
        KMS support
  8. Web security
    1.  
      About SSL usage
    2.  
      Implementing third-party SSL certificates
  9. Network security
    1.  
      About IPsec Channel Configuration
    2.  
      About NetBackup appliance ports
    3.  
      About the NetBackup Appliance firewall
  10. Call Home security
    1. About AutoSupport
      1.  
        Data security standards
    2. About Call Home
      1.  
        Configuring Call Home from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      2.  
        Enabling and disabling Call Home from the appliance shell menu
      3.  
        Configuring a Call Home proxy server from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      4.  
        Understanding the Call Home workflow
    3. About SNMP
      1.  
        About the Management Information Base (MIB)
  11. Remote Management Module (RMM) I security
    1.  
      Introduction to IPMI configuration
    2.  
      Recommended IPMI settings
    3.  
      RMM ports
    4.  
      Enabling SSH on the Remote Management Module
    5.  
      Replacing the default IPMI SSL certificate
  12. STIG and FIPS conformance
    1.  
      OS STIG hardening for NetBackup appliances
    2.  
      Unenforced STIG hardening rules
    3.  
      FIPS 140-2 conformance for NetBackup appliances
  13. Appendix A. Security release content
    1.  
      NetBackup Appliance security release content

NetBackup Appliance security release content

The following list contains the known security issues that were fixed and that are now included in this release of NetBackup appliance software:

Spectre Variant 2 vulnerability

The fix for Spectre Variant 2 (CVE-2017-5715) is disabled by default in this release because it adversely impacts appliance performance. The following describes the performance impact by appliance model and operation.

Table: Performance impact on appliance models with Spectre Variant 2 (CVE-2017-5715) disabled

Model

Backup performance

Restore performance

5230

May decrease as much as 25%.

May decrease as much as 33%.

5240

May decrease as much as 30%.

No impact.

5330

May decrease as much as 21%.

May decrease as much as 27%.

5340

No impact.

No impact.

An EEB is available for appliance release 3.1.2 that enables the fix for this variant. If you are more concerned with security than performance and would prefer to install the EEB, contact Veritas Technical Support.

General release content for version 3.1.2

The appliance software has been updated to the RHEL7.5 Kernel. Many packages and libraries have been updated that address the following security vulnerabilities:

  • CVE-2018-1000199

  • CVE-2018-8897

  • CVE-2018-1091

  • CVE-2018-1087

  • CVE-2018-1068

  • CVE-2017-16939

  • CVE-2017-12188

  • CVE-2017-7518

  • CVE-2017-8824

  • CVE-2018-3639

  • CVE-2018-1000001

  • CVE-2017-15804

  • CVE-2017-15670

  • CVE-2017-12132

  • CVE-2014-9402

  • CVE-2015-5180

  • CVE-2018-2783

  • CVE-2017-3738

  • CVE-2017-3737

  • CVE-2017-3736

  • CVE-2017-12151

  • CVE-2018-7750

  • CVE-2017-5754

  • CVE-2016-8633

  • CVE-2017-12154

  • CVE-2017-13166

  • CVE-2016-7913

  • CVE-2017-7294

  • CVE-2017-9725

  • CVE-2017-12190

  • CVE-2017-15121

  • CVE-2017-15126

  • CVE-2017-15129

  • CVE-2017-15265

  • CVE-2017-17448

  • CVE-2017-17449

  • CVE-2017-17558

  • CVE-2017-18017

  • CVE-2017-18203

  • CVE-2017-1000252

  • CVE-2017-1000407

  • CVE-2017-1000410

  • CVE-2018-5750

  • CVE-2018-1000004

  • CVE-2017-13672

  • CVE-2017-13711

  • CVE-2017-15124

  • CVE-2017-15268

  • CVE-2018-5683

  • CVE-2018-5146

  • CVE-2017-7562

  • CVE-2017-11368

  • CVE-2017-6463

  • CVE-2017-6464

  • CVE-2017-6462

  • CVE-2017-15906

  • CVE-2017-7529

  • CVE-2018-5732

  • CVE-2018-5733