CVE-2015-5742

Summary of CVE-2015-5742 : In Veeam Backup & Replication, the VeeamVixProxy component stored Local Administrator credentials in log files with world-readable permissions, enabling a local user to read sensitive data from logs. Affected versions are Veeam B&R prior to 8.0 Update 3. The issue arise...

CVE-2015-5742

VeeamVixProxy in Veeam Backup & Replication B&R before 8.0 update 3 stores local administrator credentials in log files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the files...

PT-2015-7061 · Veeam · Veeam Backup & Replication

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Veeam Backup & Replication versions prior to 8.0 update 3 Description: The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading log files with world-readable permissions, where local administrator credentials are stored. This i...

Veeam Backup & Replication Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Veeam Backup & Replication Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Name Sensitive Data Exposure in Veem Backup Systems Affected Veeam Backup & Replication B&R v6, v6.5, v7, v8 Severity High 7.9/10 Impact CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L Vendor http://www.veeam.com/ Advisory...

Veeam Backup & Replication information disclosure

Password disclosure in the logfiles...

Veeam Backup And Replication 6 / 7 / 8 Privilege Escalation

Veeam Backup & Replication Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Name Sensitive Data Exposure in Veem Backup Systems Affected Veeam Backup & Replication B&R v6, v6.5, v7, v8 Severity High 7.9/10 Impact CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L Vendor http://www.veeam.com/ Advisory...

Backup to DataDomain over DDboost hangs

You are using DDBoost connection to a DataDomain device.Backup to the DataDomain device starts to hang.In the log of Veeam agent that is writing the data to the device you can see agent crash dump is...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Update 3

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Update 3 Cause Please confirm you are running version 8.0.0.807, 8.0.0.817, 8.0.0.831, 8.0.0.917, 8.0.0.2018...

Remote execution of a PowerShell script fails when the VeeamBackup SQL database is on a remote SQL Server.

Challenge When using a PowerShell script that is intended to remotely execute a command upon the Veeam server, it may fail if the SQL instance that Veeam Backup & Replication is configured to use is on a different server. This KB article applies only if the following two statements are true. 1. A...

Tape media not visible in the GUI

Challenge Tape media that is labelled with barcodes starting with "CLN" or "CLR" is not visible in Veeam Backup & Replication GUI Shell. Cause Tapes with labels starting with "CLN" or "CLR" are automatically detected as cleaning tapes and are hidden in the user interface. This is by design...

Hyper-V crash consistent Backups/Replicas due to McAfee mfehidk driver

Challenge If McAfee FS minifilter MFEHIDK driver is loaded into Windows kernel, then it doesn't allow any other driver to load at lower altitudes, it only allows other drivers to load at higher altitudes, supposedly because of proactive defense logic of McAfee Antivirus. Therefore Veeam CBT drive...

RPC function call failed. Function name: [GetSvcVersion]

Challenge Veeam Backup & Replication fails to communicate with the Veeam Installer Service service on a managed remote machine with the error: Error: The RPC server is unavailable. RPC function call failed. Function name: GetSvcVersion. Target machine: remotemachine.domain.tld:6160. This article ...

After applying update 1 for vSphere 6.0, Jobs fail with NFC storage unavailable

Challenge Jobs fail with error NFC storage unavailable. Within the agent..source.log file on the source proxy the following error can be found: ERR |SSL error, code: 336151568.error:14094410:SSL routines:SSL3READBYTES:sslv3 alert handshake failure Cause First with Update 1 for vSphere 6.0 and the...

How to Use SFTP With Multi-OS FLR

New Feature for Improve Restore Performance Starting in Veeam Backup & Replication 11, when performing a Multi-OS File Level Restore Linux FLR, it is now possible to select an existing Linux machine to act as the helper appliance where the backup files will be mounted to retrieve files. This now...

Veeam Backup & Replication fails to connect to Linux server with an error about negotiation

Challenge When attempting to add a managed Linux server or edit a Linux repository one of the following errors occurs: Negotiation failed. The client and the server have no common key exchange algorithm. Copy Negotiation failed. The client and the server have no common encryption algorithm. Copy...

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows job displays warning: Partition exceeds disk layout

Challenge A Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup job displays the following warning: Partition exceeds disk layout by bytes This warning may be accompanied by the error: Error: The drive cannot find the sector requested. Asynchronous read operation failed Failed to upload disk. Agent failed t...

Using V8 U-AIR wizards to restore Exchange 2003 and 2007

This KB article documents the procedure for restoring Application Items for Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007. The Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange does not support these versions of Exchange. In o...

Network traffic encryption enabled within job when no rule has been set and the Veeam server has a Public IP

Challenge During the processing of a VM by Veeam Backup & Replication on a server with a Public IP, the notification stating "Network traffic will be encrypted" is shown even though no rule is in place within the network traffic rules. Cause By default Veeam Backup & Replication enables encryptio...

Veeam Backup & Replication Upgrade Paths

Tenants of Veeam Cloud Service Providers If your Veeam Backup & Replication installation is connected to a Veeam Cloud Service Provider, contact your Service Provider before upgrading to ensure that the intended upgrade will not break compatibility. A tenant cannot be on a newer version of Veeam...

Modifying Data Retention Policy in Veeam ONE

Purpose This article documents how to adjust the retention of collected data stored within the Veeam ONE database. Note: When retention is enforced, data within the database is removed, but the actual database file will not become smaller. To cause the Veeam ONE database file to become smaller on...