Amazon Linux AMI : amanda (ALAS-2023-1808)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180081

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of amanda installed on the remote host is prior to 2.6.1p2-8.14. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1808 advisory.

- An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. The runtar setuid root binary does not check for additional arguments supplied after
--create, allowing users to manipulate commands and perform command injection as root. (CVE-2016-10729)

- AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) before tag-community-3.5.4 mishandles argument checking for runtar.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-37705. (CVE-2023-30577)

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

Solution

Run 'yum update amanda' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180081

File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1808.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/23/2023

Updated: 8/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10729

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-30577

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:amanda, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:amanda-client, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:amanda-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:amanda-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:amanda-server, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10729, CVE-2023-30577

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