Unknown [CVE-2024-40709] List of Security Fixes and Improvements in Veeam Agent for Linux
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Summary
List of Security Fixes and Improvements in Veeam Agent for Linux
KB ID: 3109
Product:
Published: 2020-03-02
Last Modified: 2026-08-21
Purpose
13.1.0.252
- OpenSSL upgraded to version 3.5.7
13.0.1.404
- The port range opened on the host firewall was changed to 2500-3300.
13.0.3.213
13.0.1.94
13.0.0.0.772
6.3.2.1307
6.2.0.101
- CVE-2024-40709 vulnerability was fixed.
6.1.0.1498
- OpenSSL library updated to 1.0.2zi.
- LZ4 library updated to 1.9.4.
- Updated zlib library to 1.2.13.
- Stronger backup encryption. - (See pg. 7 of Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 What's New PDF )
6.0.2.1168
5.0.2.4707
- liblz4 was updated to v1.9.4.
- zlib was updated to v1.2.13.
- PuTTY was updated to 0.80.
5.0.0.4318
- Addressed an issue with insecure default permissions of files created in /tmp
4.0.1.2365
- Sensitive information used by managed Linux agent may get logged in the Linux operating system logs.
- Creating an SMB repository using CLI command causes plain text password to be logged in the Veeam debug log.
4.0.0.1961
- An issue of insecure file permissions was addressed (vulnerability reported by RACK911 Labs).
- OpenSSL was updated to version 1.0.2t.
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation checklist
- List of Security Fixes and Improvements in Veeam Agent for Linux KB ID: 3109 Product: Veeam Agent for Linux | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3.1 | 6.3.2 | 13 | 13.1 Published: 2020-03-02 Last Modified: 2026-08-21 Purpose This article describes all security-related fixes and improvements introduced in each release or update of Veeam Agent for Linux.
- The goal of this article is to provide our customers' security and compliance teams with the detailed information on security improvements between releases, in order to help them make an informed decision on whether it is critical to upgrade from their current Veeam Agent for Linux version to a later one.
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