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CVE-2023-30577

amanda: Fix of 2 CVEs

7.8 HighFix available

AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) before tag-community-3.5.4 mishandles argument checking for runtar.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-37705.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.48%Up 0.4 points since Jul 27, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) before tag-community-3.5.4 mishandles argument checking for runtar.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-37705.

Record
CVE-2023-30577
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-88
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 7.8

AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) before tag-community-3.5.4 mishandles argument checking for runtar.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-37705.

Record
CVE-2023-30577
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-88
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-34958 7.8

AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) before tag-community-3.5.4 mishandles argument checking for runtar.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-37705.

Record
EUVD-2023-34958
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.8

AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) before tag-community-3.5.4 mishandles argument checking for runtar.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-37705.

Record
CVE-2023-30577
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-30577 7.8

AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) before tag-community-3.5.4 mishandles argument checking for runtar.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-37705.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-30577
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2023-1507 7.8

amanda security update

AMANDA, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver, is a backup system that allows the administrator of a LAN to set up a single master backup server to back up multiple hosts to a single large capacity tape or disk drive. Amanda uses native tools (such as GNUtar, dump) for backup and can back up a large number of workstations running multiple versions of Unix/Mac OS X/Linux/Windows.

Security Fix(es):

AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) before tag-community-3.5.4 mishandles argument checking for runtar.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-37705.(CVE-2023-30577)

Record
OESA-2023-1507
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-30577 7.8

AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) before tag-community-3.5.4 mishandles argument checking for runtar.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-37705.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-30577
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2023-1692293040 No score

amanda: Fix of 2 CVEs

  • CVE-2022-37705: fix tar option filtering
  • CVE-2023-30577: introduce tar option allow list
Record
CLSA-2023-1692293040
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2023-1692293738 No score

amanda: Fix of 2 CVEs

  • CVE-2022-37705: fix tar option filtering
  • CVE-2023-30577: introduce tar option allow list
Record
CLSA-2023-1692293738
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2023-1692294010 No score

amanda: Fix of 2 CVEs

  • CVE-2022-37705: fix tar option filtering
  • CVE-2023-30577: introduce tar option allow list
Record
CLSA-2023-1692294010
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2023-1692294845 No score

amanda: Fix of 2 CVEs

  • CVE-2022-37705: fix tar option filtering
  • CVE-2023-30577: introduce tar option allow list
Record
CLSA-2023-1692294845
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2023-1692295986 No score

Fix CVE(s): CVE-2023-30577, CVE-2022-37705

  • SECURITY UPDATE: privilege escalation through runtar SUID program
    • debian/patches/CVE-2022-37705.patch: filter tar options
    • CVE-2022-37705
  • SECURITY UPDATE: privilege escalation through runtar SUID program
    • debian/patches/CVE-2023-30577.patch: introduce tar option allow list
    • CVE-2023-30577
Record
CLSA-2023-1692295986
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2023-1692296244 No score

Fix CVE(s): CVE-2023-30577

  • SECURITY UPDATE: privilege escalation through runtar SUID program
    • debian/patches/CVE-2023-30577.patch: introduce tar option allow list
  • Fix changelog installation
    • CVE-2023-30577
Record
CLSA-2023-1692296244
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1777026752 No score

amanda: Fix of 2 CVEs

  • CVE-2022-37705: fix tar option filtering
  • CVE-2023-30577: introduce tar option allow list
Record
CLSA-2026-1777026752
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2023:0205-1 No score

Security update for amanda

This update for amanda fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2023-30577: Fixed improper argument checking for runtar.c [boo#1213701]
Record
openSUSE-SU-2023:0205-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2023:0206-1 No score

Security update for amanda

This update for amanda fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2023-30577: Fixed improper argument checking for runtar.c [boo#1213701],
Record
openSUSE-SU-2023:0206-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13083-1 No score

amanda-3.5.4-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the amanda-3.5.4-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13083-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6614-1 No score

amanda vulnerability

It was discovered that amanda did not properly check certain arguments. A local unprivileged attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a privilege escalation attack.

Record
USN-6614-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
amanda
TuxCare:CentOS:6
 before 2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
amanda-client
TuxCare:CentOS:6
 before 2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
amanda-devel
TuxCare:CentOS:6
 before 2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
amanda-server
TuxCare:CentOS:6
 before 2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
amanda
TuxCare:OracleLinux:6
 before 2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
amanda-client
TuxCare:OracleLinux:6
 before 2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
amanda-devel
TuxCare:OracleLinux:6
 before 2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
amanda-server
TuxCare:OracleLinux:6
 before 2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1
amanda
TuxCare:CentOS:8.4
 before 3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
amanda-client
TuxCare:CentOS:8.4
 before 3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
amanda-libs
TuxCare:CentOS:8.4
 before 3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
amanda-server
TuxCare:CentOS:8.4
 before 3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
amanda
TuxCare:CentOS:8.5
 before 3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
amanda-client
TuxCare:CentOS:8.5
 before 3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
amanda-libs
TuxCare:CentOS:8.5
 before 3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
amanda-server
TuxCare:CentOS:8.5
 before 3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
amanda-client
TuxCare:Ubuntu:16.04
 before 1:3.3.6-4.1+tuxcare.els1
1:3.3.6-4.1+tuxcare.els1
amanda-common
TuxCare:Ubuntu:16.04
 before 1:3.3.6-4.1+tuxcare.els1
1:3.3.6-4.1+tuxcare.els1
amanda-server
TuxCare:Ubuntu:16.04
 before 1:3.3.6-4.1+tuxcare.els1
1:3.3.6-4.1+tuxcare.els1
amanda-client
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
 before 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3+tuxcare.els1
1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3+tuxcare.els1
amanda-common
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
 before 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3+tuxcare.els1
1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3+tuxcare.els1
amanda-server
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
 before 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3+tuxcare.els1
1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3+tuxcare.els1
amanda
TuxCare:CentOS-Stream:8
 before 3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
amanda-client
TuxCare:CentOS-Stream:8
 before 3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
amanda-libs
TuxCare:CentOS-Stream:8
 before 3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
amanda-server
TuxCare:CentOS-Stream:8
 before 3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
3.5.1-13.el8.tuxcare.els1
amanda
Debian:12
 before 1:3.5.1-11+deb12u1, plus listed versions
1:3.5.1-11
1:3.5.1-11+deb12u1
amanda
Debian:13
 before 1:3.5.1-11.1
1:3.5.1-11.1
amanda
Debian:14
 before 1:3.5.1-11.1
1:3.5.1-11.1
amanda
Debian:10
 before 1:3.5.1-2+deb10u2, plus listed versions
1:3.5.1-21:3.5.1-2+deb10u1
1:3.5.1-2+deb10u2
amanda
Debian:11
 before 1:3.5.1-7+deb11u1, plus listed versions
1:3.5.1-7
1:3.5.1-7+deb11u1
amanda
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1
 before 3.5.4-1.oe1
3.5.4-1.oe1
amanda
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP3
 before 3.5.4-1.oe1
3.5.4-1.oe1
amanda
openEuler:22.03-LTS
 before 3.5.4-1.oe2203sp2
3.5.4-1.oe2203sp2
amanda
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP1
 before 3.5.4-1.oe2203sp1
3.5.4-1.oe2203sp1
amanda
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP2
 before 3.5.4-1.oe2203sp2
3.5.4-1.oe2203sp2
amanda
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1:3.3.6-41:3.3.6-4.11:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.11:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1+actuallyesm21:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1+esm11:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1+esm2
 None known
amanda
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
 before 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3+esm1, plus listed versions
1:3.3.9-5build11:3.5-21:3.5.1-11:3.5.1-1build11:3.5.1-1build21:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.11:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.21:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3
1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3+esm1
amanda
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 before 1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.4, plus listed versions
1:3.5.1-2build21:3.5.1-2build31:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.11:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.21:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.3
1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.4
amanda
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 before 1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.4, plus listed versions
1:3.5.1-5ubuntu11:3.5.1-81:3.5.1-8ubuntu11:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.11:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.21:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.3
1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.4
amanda
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5
 before 3.5.2-bp155.2.3.1
3.5.2-bp155.2.3.1
amanda
openSUSE:Leap 15.5
 before 3.5.2-bp155.2.3.1
3.5.2-bp155.2.3.1
amanda
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4
 before 3.5.1-bp154.3.6.1
3.5.1-bp154.3.6.1
amanda
openSUSE:Leap 15.4
 before 3.5.1-bp154.3.6.1
3.5.1-bp154.3.6.1
amanda
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 3.5.4-1.1
3.5.4-1.1

History

History
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In short

CVE-2023-30577 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Zmanda Amanda, published July 26, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. Fixed in amanda 2.6.1p2-9.el6_6.tuxcare.els1.

References

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