The National Cyber Alert System warned yesterday of active exploits of a security flaw in Veritas Backup Exec Software. The system is part of the U.S. Homeland Security’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team (U.S.-CERT). The alert said a buffer overflow could allow hackers to take over a computer and remotely execute malicious code. Veritas has issued patches for the vulnerability, which the company and iDefense announced last week.
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Veritas Security Flaw Attacked
Posted by: Susan B. Shor July 1, 2005 10:31 AMThe National Cyber Alert System warned yesterday of active exploits of a security flaw in Veritas Backup Exec Software. The system is part of the U.S. Homeland Security’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team (U.S.-CERT). The alert said a buffer overflow could allow hackers to take over a computer and remotely execute malicious code. Veritas has issued patches for the vulnerability, which the company and iDefense announced last week.