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CVE-2022-37703
In Amanda 3.5.1, an information leak vulnerability was found in...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.amanda.org/
- https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37703
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/870037
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK/
- https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00003.html
Affected Vendor
amanda
View all reports →Affected Software
amanda
Vulnerable Versions:
3.5.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 13th, 2022
Last Modified:
November 4th, 2025
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.