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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-37705

medium Nessus Plugin ID 224839

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - 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), (CVE-2022-37705)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-37705

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-37705

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 224839

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_37705.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37705

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37705

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:amanda, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:amanda, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:amanda, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:amanda-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:amanda-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:amanda-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:amanda-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:amanda-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:amanda-libs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37705