CVE-2022-37704

Public on 2023-03-15
Modified on 2023-03-15
Description
A flaw was found in Amanda. The rundump SUID binary executes /usr/sbin/dump as root without properly validating its arguments, possibly leading to escalation of privileges from the regular user "amandabackup" to root.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 amanda Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core amanda Not Affected

CVSS Scores

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