CVE-2022-37705
6.7
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.4%
Description
A privilege escalation flaw was found in Amanda 3.5.1 in which the backup user can acquire root privileges. The vulnerable component is the runtar SUID program, which is a wrapper to run /usr/bin/tar with specific arguments that are controllable by the attacker. This program mishandles the arguments passed to tar binary (it expects that the argument name and value are separated with a space; however, separating them with an equals sign is also supported),
How to fix CVE-2022-37705
To remediate CVE-2022-37705, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1:3.5.1-7+deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2022-37705 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:3.5.1-7+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |