USN-5966-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5966-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5966-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5966-1
Upstream
Published
2023-03-23T06:20:37.050031Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:36:18Z
Summary
amanda vulnerabilities
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)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / amanda

Package

Name
amanda
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/amanda@1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+esm1

Affected versions

1:3.*

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-client"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-server"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / amanda

Package

Name
amanda
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/amanda@1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1:3.*

1:3.3.6-4
1:3.3.6-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-client"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-server"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / amanda

Package

Name
amanda
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/amanda@1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1:3.*

1:3.3.9-5build1
1:3.5-2
1:3.5.1-1
1:3.5.1-1build1
1:3.5.1-1build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-client"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-server"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / amanda

Package

Name
amanda
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/amanda@1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1:3.*

1:3.5.1-2build2
1:3.5.1-2build3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-client"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-server"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / amanda

Package

Name
amanda
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/amanda@1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1:3.*

1:3.5.1-5ubuntu1
1:3.5.1-8
1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-client"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "amanda-server"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"
}