Path Traversal in Amanda
CVE-2022-37703
In Amanda 3.5.1, an information leak vulnerability was found in the calcsize SUID binary. An attacker can abuse this vulnerability to know if a directory exists or not anywhere in the fs. The binary will use `opendir()` as root directly without checking the path, letting the attacker provide an arbitrary path.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (52.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Amanda — versions 3.5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.amanda.org/ (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37703 (Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.gentoo.org/870037 (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.3
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00003.html (mailing-list)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-37703?
- CVE-2022-37703 is a low-severity vulnerability in Amanda, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2022-09-13.
- How severe is CVE-2022-37703?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-37703 known to be exploited?
- 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.