CVE-2005-3566
Buffer overflow in various ha commands of VERITAS Cluster Server for UNIX before 4.0MP2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 31% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Veritas Storage Foundation 4.0 - VCSI18N_LANG Local Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1316local, linuxpublished 12 Nov 2005Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- ADV-2005-2350 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1015169 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- veritas-ha-bo(22986) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 174 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20673 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.11.08a.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17502 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20051112 DMA[2005-1112a] - 'Veritas Storage Foundation VCSI18N_LANG buffer overflow' (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 15349 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-3565 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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