Directory Traversal Affecting amanda package, versions <1:3.5.1-10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.21% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-AMANDA-3023680
  • published15 Sept 2022
  • disclosed13 Sept 2022

Introduced: 13 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-37703  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable amanda to version 1:3.5.1-10 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.

In Amanda 3.5.1, an information leak vulnerability was found in the calcsize SUID binary. An attacker can abuse this vulnerability to know if a directory exists or not anywhere in the fs. The binary will use opendir() as root directly without checking the path, letting the attacker provide an arbitrary path.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1