CVE-2022-37705

Summary

CVECVE-2022-37705
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-04-16 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-03 11:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA privilege escalation flaw was found in Amanda 3.5.1 in which the backup user can acquire root privileges. The vulnerable component is the runtar SUID program, which is a wrapper to run /usr/bin/tar with specific arguments that are controllable by the attacker. This program mishandles the arguments passed to tar binary (it expects that the argument name and value are separated with a space; however, separating them with an equals sign is also supported),

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-88

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
[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
Fixes Open Vulnerability CVE-2022-37705 by prajwaltr93 · Pull Request #196 · zmanda/amanda · GitHub MISC github.com
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
Fixes Open Vulnerability CVE-2022-37705 by prajwaltr93 · Pull Request #194 · 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
[debian-lts-announce] 20231203 [SECURITY] [DLA 3681-1] amanda security update 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
GitHub - MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37705: Amanda 3.5.1 second LPE. MISC github.com
Fix to backups failing after Fix to CVE-2022-37705 runtar.c by prajwaltr93 · Pull Request #204 · 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

  • 184314 Debian Security Update for amanda (CVE-2022-37705)
  • 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)
  • 6000371 Debian Security Update for amanda (DLA 3681-1)

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