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CVE-2016-10729

Public on 2018-10-24
Modified on 2024-02-12
Description

An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. The "runtar" setuid root binary does not check for additional arguments supplied after --create, allowing users to manipulate commands and perform command injection as root.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 amanda 2023-08-17 11:39 ALAS-2023-1808
Amazon Linux 2 - Core amanda 2023-08-17 11:58 ALAS2-2023-2218

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H