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CVE-2016-10730

Published: 24 October 2018

An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. Amstar is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It uses star to backup and restore data. It runs binaries with root permissions when parsing the command line argument --star-path.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
amanda
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(1:3.5.1-1build2)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(1:3.5.1-1build2)
disco Not vulnerable
(1:3.5.1-1build2)
eoan Not vulnerable
(1:3.5.1-1build2)
focal Not vulnerable
(1:3.5.1-1build2)
groovy Not vulnerable
(1:3.5.1-1build2)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(1:3.5.1-1build2)
impish Not vulnerable
(1:3.5.1-1build2)
jammy Not vulnerable
(1:3.5.1-1build2)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(1:3.5.1-1build2)
lunar Not vulnerable
(1:3.5.1-1build2)
mantic Not vulnerable
(1:3.5.1-1build2)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream
Released (3.3.9)
xenial Needed

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/commit/8fb915c440e6a19ce85a98b91e0a8cbfd7ce54bd

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H