ghsa-2699-8r69-fq67
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-04-16 03:30
Modified
2025-11-04 18:30
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root. The SUID binary located at /lib/amanda/rundump will execute /usr/sbin/dump as root with controlled arguments from the attacker which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-37704"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-77"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-04-16T01:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root. The SUID binary located at /lib/amanda/rundump will execute /usr/sbin/dump as root with controlled arguments from the attacker which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure.",
  "id": "GHSA-2699-8r69-fq67",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T18:30:39Z",
  "published": "2023-04-16T03:30:25Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/issues/192"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/197"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/205"
    },
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00025.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00023.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://marc.info/?l=amanda-hackers"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.amanda.org"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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