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medium 6.7

CVE-2022-37704 json

Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root.

published 2023-04-16 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-40318

cvss
6.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • amanda Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:3.5.1-10

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37704

  • amanda Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3
  • amanda Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.3
  • amanda Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37704

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • amanda openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.5.3-1.1
  • amanda Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 3.5.1-bp154.3.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12808-1openSUSE-SU-2023:0069-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-37704 updated cvss 6.7

amanda: rundump: crafted arguments can lead to local privilege escalation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 amanda, amanda-client, amanda-server Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 amanda, amanda-libs, amanda-client, amanda-server
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 amanda, amanda-libs, amanda-client, amanda-server
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

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