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CVE-2017-12477: Unitrends bpserverd authentication bypass RCE - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h3 data-id="cve-id"><strong>CVE ID</strong></h3> <p>CVE-2017-12477</p> <h3 data-id="description"><strong>DESCRIPTION</strong></h3> <p>It was discovered that the Unitrends bpserverd proprietary protocol, as exposed via xinetd, has an issue in which its authentication can be bypassed. A remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary commands with root privilege on the target system.<br>Complexity: High<br> </p> <h3 data-id="resolution"><strong>RESOLUTION</strong></h3> <p>Resolution: Upgrade to Unitrends release 10.0.0-2 or later<br><br>Unitrends reference UNIBP-13942</p> <h3 data-id="link-to-advisories"><strong>LINK TO ADVISORIES</strong></h3> <p></p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fnvd.nist.gov%2Fvuln%2Fdetail%2FCVE-2017-12477">https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12477</a></li></ul><h3 data-id="notes"><strong>NOTES</strong></h3> <p>Discoverer(s)/Credits: Benny Husted, Cale Smith, Jared Arave</p> </article> </main>