CVE-2022-37704

medium

Description

Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root. The SUID binary located at /lib/amanda/rundump will execute /usr/sbin/dump as root with controlled arguments from the attacker which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure.

References

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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK/

https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37704

https://marc.info/?l=amanda-hackers

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00023.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00025.html

https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.3

https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/205

https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/pull/197

https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/issues/192

http://www.amanda.org/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-04-16

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0053