CVE-2006-5172 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability within the RPC interface of Mediasvr.exe, affecting various versions of Computer Associates (CA) Brightstor ARCserve Backup, Enterprise Backup, and Protection Suites. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted SUNRPC packets. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:9.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ca:protection_suites:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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