Debian dla-3330 : amanda-client - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 171761

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3330 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3330-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Chris Lamb February 21, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : amanda Version : 1:3.5.1-2+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2022-37704 Debian Bug : 1029829

It was discovered that there was a potential privilege escalation vulnerability in the amanda backup utility.

The SUID binary located at /lib/amanda/rundump executed /usr/sbin/dump as root with arguments controlled by the attacker, which may have led to an escalation of privileges, denial of service (DoS) or information disclosure.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1:3.5.1-2+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your amanda packages.

For the detailed security status of amanda please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/amanda

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the amanda-client packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 171761

File Name: debian_DLA-3330.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/22/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37704

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:amanda-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:amanda-client, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:amanda-common

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37704

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