Access Restriction Bypass Affecting amanda package, versions <1:3.3.9-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-AMANDA-275213
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed24 Oct 2018

Introduced: 24 Oct 2018

CVE-2016-10730  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable amanda to version 1:3.3.9-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream amanda package and not the amanda package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable 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.