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CVE-2022-37703 Details

Description

In Amanda 3.5.1, an information leak vulnerability was found in the calcsize SUID binary. An attacker can abuse this vulnerability to know if a directory exists or not anywhere in the fs. The binary will use `opendir()` as root directly without checking the path, letting the attacker provide an arbitrary path.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:3.3 LOWVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.gentoo.org/870037 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37703 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.3 CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00003.html CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00023.html CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
amanda amanda
3.5.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:amanda:amanda:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

14 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-37703
NVD Published Date:
Sep 13, 2022
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2022-37703 Details - Not Deferred