Description
AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) before tag-community-3.5.4 mishandles argument checking for runtar.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-37705.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | amanda | 1:3.5.1-11.1 | — |
| Debian 13 | amanda | 1:3.5.1-11.1 | — |
| Debian 12 | amanda | 1:3.5.1-11+deb12u1 | — |
| Debian 11 | amanda | 1:3.5.1-7+deb11u1 | DLA-3880-1 |
| Debian 10 | amanda | 1:3.5.1-2+deb10u2 | DLA-3681-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | amanda | 1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.4 | USN-6614-1 |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | amanda | 1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.4 | USN-6614-1 |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | amanda | 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3+esm1 | USN-6614-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | amanda | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5 | amanda | 3.5.2-bp155.2.3.1 | openSUSE-SU-2023:0205-1 |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4 | amanda | 3.5.1-bp154.3.6.1 | openSUSE-SU-2023:0206-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | amanda | 3.5.4-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:13083-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | amanda | 3.5.2-bp155.2.3.1 | openSUSE-SU-2023:0205-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | amanda | 3.5.1-bp154.3.6.1 | openSUSE-SU-2023:0206-1 |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | amanda +3 | 3.3.9-1.amzn2.0.1 | ALAS2-2023-2218 |
Advisories 7
- DLA-3681-1 amanda - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- DLA-3880-1 amanda - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- USN-6614-1 amanda vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Feb 10, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2023:0205-1 Security update for amanda SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2023:0206-1 Security update for amanda SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
- openSUSE-SU-2024:13083-1 amanda-3.5.4-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
- ALAS2-2023-2218 Moderate: amanda security update (Amazon Linux 2) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Aug 23, 2023
References
- https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.4
- https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/security/advisories/GHSA-crrw-v393-h5q3
- FEDORA-2023-566e354e4a vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-4db1d56125 vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20231203 [SECURITY] [DLA 3681-1] amanda security update mailing-list