CVE-2022-37704

Publication date 30 January 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.7 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
amanda 23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:3.5.1-11
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1:3.5.1-9ubuntu0.3
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.3
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.3
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored regressions likely
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.7 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H