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medium 4.3

CVE-2005-3566 json

Buffer overflow in various ha commands of VERITAS Cluster Server for UNIX before 4.0MP2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a…

published 2005-11-16 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-3565

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in various ha commands of VERITAS Cluster Server for UNIX before 4.0MP2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long VCSI18N_LANG environment variable to (1) haagent, (2) haalert, (3) haattr, (4) hacli, (5) hacli_runcmd, (6) haclus, (7) haconf, (8) hadebug, (9) hagrp, (10) hahb, (11) halog, (12) hareg, (13) hares, (14) hastatus, (15) hasys, (16) hatype, (17) hauser, and (18) tststew.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1316)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1316 Veritas Storage Foundation 4.0 - VCSI18N_LANG Local Overflow local, 2005-11-12
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15349 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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