CVE-2022-37704
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.7 Medium
- Published
- Apr 16, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Reserved
- Aug 8, 2022
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.7 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.amanda.org/
- https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37704
- https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/issues/192
- https://marc.info/?l=amanda-hackers
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230221 [SECURITY] [DLA 3330-1] amanda security updatemailing-list
- FEDORA-2023-3d0619d767vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-1293196f34vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-e295804b3dvendor-advisory
- https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/197
- https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/205
- https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00023.html
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