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CVE-2022-37704

Date: April 15, 2023

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.7

Related Resources (18)

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2/

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

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37704

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

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-37704

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

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

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK/

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

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

Url: http://www.amanda.org/

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

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

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

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-37704

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

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-37704

Severity Score

6.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CWE-77

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.7
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	HIGH
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

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CVE-2022-37704

Date: April 15, 2023

Language: C

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CVSS v3.1

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