CVE-2022-37704

Summary

CVECVE-2022-37704
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-04-16 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:49:00 UTC
DescriptionAmanda 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-77

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Zmanda Amanda 3.5.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Amanda Network Backup: Open Source Backup for Linux, Windows, UNIX and OS X MISC www.amanda.org
Update the fix for CVE-2022-37704 by pcahyna · Pull Request #205 · zmanda/amanda · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: amanda-3.5.3-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: amanda-3.5.3-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: amanda-3.5.3-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
MARC: Mailing list ARChives MISC marc.info
CVE-2022-37703 - directory existence disclosure via SUID calcsize binary · Issue #192 · zmanda/amanda · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: amanda-3.5.3-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
GitHub - MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37704: Amanda 3.5.1 LPE MISC github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3330-1] amanda security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: amanda-3.5.3-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: amanda-3.5.3-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2022-37704 - privilege escalation form amandabackup user to root -fix by seetharaman-rajagopal · Pull Request #197 · zmanda/amanda · GitHub MISC github.com
Release tag-community-3.5.3 · zmanda/amanda · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181598 Debian Security Update for amanda (DLA 3330-1)
  • 181895 Debian Security Update for amanda (CVE-2022-37704)
  • 199250 Ubuntu Security Notification for amanda Vulnerabilities (USN-5966-1)
  • 283847 Fedora Security Update for amanda (FEDORA-2023-e295804b3d)
  • 283848 Fedora Security Update for amanda (FEDORA-2023-1293196f34)
  • 284223 Fedora Security Update for amanda (FEDORA-2023-3d0619d767)

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