Improper Privilege Management Affecting amanda-client package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-AMANDACLIENT-3314086
  • published7 Feb 2023
  • disclosed7 Feb 2023

Introduced: 7 Feb 2023

CVE-2022-37705  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 amanda-client.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream amanda-client package and not the amanda-client package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

A privilege escalation flaw was found in Amanda 3.5.1 in which the backup user can acquire root privileges. The vulnerable component is the runtar SUID program, which is a wrapper to run /usr/bin/tar with specific arguments that are controllable by the attacker. This program mishandles the arguments passed to tar binary (it expects that the argument name and value are separated with a space; however, separating them with an equals sign is also supported),

CVSS Scores

version 3.1