Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Affecting amanda-server package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-AMANDASERVER-1345120
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed15 Jan 2016
Introduced: 15 Jan 2016
CVE-2016-10730 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 amanda-server.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream amanda-server package and not the amanda-server package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL: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.