CVE-2015-6551

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Veritas NetBackup 7.x through 7.5.0.7 and 7.6.0.x through 7.6.0.4 and NetBackup Appliance through 2.5.4 and 2.6.0.x through 2.6.0.4 do not use TLS for administration-console traffic to the NBU server, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network for key-exchange packets.

Affected products

Veritas NetBackup: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1.0.1, 7.1.0.2, 7.1.0.3, 7.1.0.4 (+12)
Veritas Netbackup Appliance: 1.1.0.1, 1.1.0.2, 1.2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 (+13)

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035704
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS16-001.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035704
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS16-001.html

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