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CVE-2006-5171

N/A

Published: January 16, 2007 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM UTC

3 products affected across 2 vendorsBrightstor Arcserve BackupBrightstor Enterprise BackupProtection Suites

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 17%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Brightstor Arcserve Backup · Broadcom

95%

v ≤ 11.59.01

Brightstor Enterprise Backup · Broadcom

95%

Protection Suites · Ca

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (9)

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Source: [email protected]

http://osvdb.org/31319

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/23648

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017506

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/storage/infodocs/babimpsec-notice.asp

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_ISSPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.iss.net/threats/252.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456711

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22015

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0154

CVSS

10HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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