Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Affecting amanda-libs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-AMANDALIBS-1957254
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Jan 2016

Introduced: 15 Jan 2016

CVE-2016-10730  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-648  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 amanda-libs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream amanda-libs package and not the amanda-libs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. 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.