QID 355841

QID 355841: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for amanda : ALAS2-2023-2218

An issue was discovered in amanda 3.3.1.
A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation.
The "runtar" setuid root binary does not check for additional arguments supplied after --create, allowing users to manipulate commands and perform command injection as root. (
( CVE-2016-10729) an issue was discovered in amanda 3.3.1.
Amstar is an amanda application api script.
It should not be run by users directly.
It uses star to backup and restore data.
It runs binaries with root permissions when parsing the command line argument --star-path. (
( CVE-2016-10730) amanda (advanced maryland automatic network disk archiver) before tag-community-3.5.4 mishandles argument checking for runtar.c, a different vulnerability than( CVE-2022-37705. (
( CVE-2023-30577)

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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.2 severity.

Solution

Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2-2023-2218 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.

Vendor References

ALAS2-2023-2218 - alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2218.html

CVEs related to QID 355841

CVE-2016-10730 | CVE-2023-30577 | CVE-2016-10729 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
ALAS2-2023-2218	amazon linux 2		alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2218.html

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