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Debian 10: LTS DLA-3330-1 Critical: Amanda Privilege Escalation

debian lts
Calendar Grey February 21, 2023
Dist Debian Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5220-1 highlights a critical vulnerability within the Postgres database system necessitating immediate patching.
It was discovered that there was a potential privilege escalation vulnerability in the "amanda" backup utility
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Summary

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/source-package/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



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Package: amanda
Version: 1:3.5.1-2+deb10u1
CVE ID: CVE-2022-37704
Debian Bug: 1029829

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