CVE-2005-0359

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-08-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Legato PortMapper in EMC Legato NetWorker, Sun Solstice Backup 6.0 and 6.1, and StorEdge Enterprise Backup 7.0 through 7.2 does not restrict access to the pmap_set and pmap_unset commands, which allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service by using pmap_unset to un-register a NetWorker service, or (2) obtain sensitive information from NetWorker services by using pmap_set to register a new service.

Affected products

EMC Legato Networker: 4.2.2, 6.0, 6.1, 7.2, 7.13
Sun Solstice Backup: 6.0, 6.1
Sun Storedge Enterprise Backup Software: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/16464
http://secunia.com/advisories/16470
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014713
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101886-1
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/801089
http://www.legato.com/support/websupport/product_alerts/081605_NW_port_mapper.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/18802
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14582
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21893
http://secunia.com/advisories/16464
http://secunia.com/advisories/16470
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014713

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