CVE-2017-6402
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and...
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Denial of service affecting NetBackup server can occur.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Denial of service affecting NetBackup server can occur.
- Record
CVE-2017-6402- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Denial of service affecting NetBackup server can occur.
- Record
CVE-2017-6402- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15459 No score
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Denial of service affecting NetBackup server can occur.
- Record
EUVD-2017-15459- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jxrr-9496-c4x7
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and...
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Denial of service affecting NetBackup server can occur.
- Record
GHSA-jxrr-9496-c4x7- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-6402 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Veritas Netbackup, published March 2, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.91%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.