VTS24-002

Security Advisory affecting Backup Exec

Revision History

  • 1.0: April 15, 2024: Initial version

Issues

Issue 1: Arbitrary File Delete

The Backup Exec Deduplication Multi-threaded Streaming Agent can be leveraged to perform arbitrary file deletion on protected files.

  • CVE-ID: CVE-2024-33671
  • Severity: High
  • CVSS v3.1 Base Score 7.7 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)
  • Affected Versions:: 21.0, 21.1, 21,2, 21,3, 21.4, 22.0, 22.1, 22.2
  • Recommended action: Upgrade to Version 23.0 (no HotFix needed) or
    Upgrade to version 22.2 and apply HotFix 917391 from the Download Center.
  • Mitigation: Restrict access to the boost_interprocess directory (C:\ProgramData\boost_interprocess) to local administrator users only

Issue 2: Insecure DLL loading

Several issues involving loading of insecure DLLs were addressed in this advisory.

Mitigation:

Acknowledgement

Veritas would like to thank the Lockheed Martin Red Team for notifying us about these issues.

Questions

For questions or problems regarding these vulnerabilities please contact Veritas Technical Support (https://www.veritas.com/support)

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