CVE-2022-37703

3.3 LOW
Published: September 13, 2022 Modified: November 04, 2025
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
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

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.amanda.org/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/870037
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37703
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.3
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00003.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.amanda.org/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/870037
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37703
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/releases/tag/tag-community-3.5.3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00003.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00023.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5DCLSX5YYTWMKSMDL67M5STZ5ZDSOXK/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATMGMVS3QDN6OMKMHGUTUTU7NS7HR3BZ/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYREA6LFXF5M7K4WLNJV5VNQPS4MTBW2/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

17 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
3.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.5%
81th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

Affected Vendors

amanda

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