{"id":"USN-5966-2","summary":"amanda regression","details":"USN-5966-1 fixed vulnerabilities in amanda. Unfortunately it introduced\na regression in GNUTAR-based backups. This update reverts all of the\nchanges in amanda until a better fix is provided.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Maher Azzouzi discovered an information disclosure vulnerability in the\n calcsize binary within amanda. calcsize is a suid binary owned by root that\n could possibly be used by a malicious local attacker to expose sensitive\n file system information. (CVE-2022-37703)\n\n Maher Azzouzi discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in the\n rundump binary within amanda. rundump is a suid binary owned by root that\n did not perform adequate sanitization of environment variables or\n commandline options and could possibly be used by a malicious local\n attacker to escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-37704)\n\n Maher Azzouzi discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in the runtar\n binary within amanda. runtar is a suid binary owned by root that did not\n perform adequate sanitization of commandline options and could possibly be\n used by a malicious local attacker to escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-37705)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:43:01Z","published":"2023-03-23T14:28:58Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5966-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/2012536"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"amanda","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/amanda@1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+esm2"}]}],"versions":["1:3.3.3-2","1:3.3.3-2build1","1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1","1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1","1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+actuallyesm2","1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"amanda-client","binary_version":"1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+esm2"},{"binary_name":"amanda-common","binary_version":"1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+esm2"},{"binary_name":"amanda-server","binary_version":"1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+esm2"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5966-2.json"}},{"package":{"name":"amanda","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/amanda@1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1+esm2"}]}],"versions":["1:3.3.6-4","1:3.3.6-4.1","1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1","1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1+actuallyesm2","1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"amanda-client","binary_version":"1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1+esm2"},{"binary_name":"amanda-common","binary_version":"1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1+esm2"},{"binary_name":"amanda-server","binary_version":"1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1+esm2"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5966-2.json"}},{"package":{"name":"amanda","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/amanda@1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["1:3.3.9-5build1","1:3.5-2","1:3.5.1-1","1:3.5.1-1build1","1:3.5.1-1build2","1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"amanda-client","binary_version":"1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.2"},{"binary_name":"amanda-common","binary_version":"1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.2"},{"binary_name":"amanda-server","binary_version":"1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.2"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5966-2.json"}},{"package":{"name":"amanda","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/amanda@1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["1:3.5.1-2build2","1:3.5.1-2build3","1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"amanda-client","binary_version":"1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.2"},{"binary_name":"amanda-common","binary_version":"1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.2"},{"binary_name":"amanda-server","binary_version":"1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.2"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5966-2.json"}},{"package":{"name":"amanda","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/amanda@1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.2"}]}],"versions":["1:3.5.1-5ubuntu1","1:3.5.1-8","1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1","1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"amanda-client","binary_version":"1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.2"},{"binary_name":"amanda-common","binary_version":"1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.2"},{"binary_name":"amanda-server","binary_version":"1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.2"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5966-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}