Summary
USN-5966-1 fixed vulnerabilities in amanda. Unfortunately it introduced
a regression in GNUTAR-based backups. This update reverts all of the
changes in amanda until a better fix is provided.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Maher Azzouzi discovered an information disclosure vulnerability in the
calcsize binary within amanda. calcsize is a suid binary owned by root that
could possibly be used by a malicious local attacker to expose sensitive
file system information. (CVE-2022-37703)
Maher Azzouzi discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in the
rundump binary within amanda. rundump is a suid binary owned by root that
did not perform adequate sanitization of environment variables or
commandline options and could possibly be used by a malicious local
attacker to escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-37704)
Maher Azzouzi discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in the runtar
binary within amanda. runtar is a suid binary owned by root that did not
perform adequate sanitization of commandline options and could possibly be
used by a malicious local attacker to escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-37705)
Fixed packages 5
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | amanda | 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.2 |
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | amanda | 1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.2 |
| Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS | amanda | 1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.2 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS | amanda | 1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+esm2 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS | amanda | 1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1+esm2 |
References
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report
https://launchpad.net/bugs/2012536