CVE-2006-5171 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2006-5171

Stack-based buffer overflow in the RPC interface in Mediasvr.exe in...

Vulnerability Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the RPC interface in Mediasvr.exe in Computer Associates (CA) Brightstor ARCserve Backup 9.01 through 11.5, Enterprise Backup 10.5, and CA Protection Suites r2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted SUNRPC packets, aka the "Mediasvr.exe Overflow," a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5172.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

brightstor arcserve backup, brightstor enterprise backup, protection suites
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 9.01, 10.5, r2

Timeline

Official Publish: January 16th, 2007
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.