Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in AMANDA - CVE-2022-37703

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Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in AMANDA - CVE-2022-37703

Published: April 3, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU74334
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37703
CWE-ID: CWE-668
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the calcsize SUID binary can return information on any file on the filesystem. A local user can detect whether the file is present on the system.


Affected software

AMANDA
Ubuntu
Fedora
amanda-client (Ubuntu package)
amanda

How to mitigate CVE-2022-37703

Install updates from vendor's website.

AMANDA - update to 3.5.2
amanda-client (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1, 1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1, 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1, 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.2, 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3, 1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.1, 1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.2, 1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.3, 1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.1, 1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.2, 1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.3, 1:3.5.1-9ubuntu0.1, 1:3.5.1-9ubuntu0.2, 1:3.5.1-9ubuntu0.3
amanda - addressed in versions 3.5.3-1.fc36, 3.5.3-1.fc37, 3.5.3-1.fc38

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