>> Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers Denial of Service Issues
Title : Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers Denial of Service Issues VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-4019 CVE ID : CVE-2007-4346 - CVE-2007-4347
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-11-28
Technical Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service.
The first issue is caused by a NULL-pointer dereference error in the Job Engine (bengine.exe) service when handling exceptions, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash an affected service by sending a specially crafted packet to port 5633/TCP.
The second vulnerability is caused by two integer overflow errors within the Job Engine (bengine.exe) service when processing malformed packets sent to port 5633/TCP, which can be exploited by attackers to cause a vulnerable application to exhaust all available memory resources, creating a denial of service condition.
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