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CVE-2022-37703

In Amanda 3.5.1, an information leak vulnerability was found in the calcsize SUID binary. An...

3.3 LowPublic exploitFix available

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.

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
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.74%Down 0.1 points since Sep 14, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 3.3

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.

Record
CVE-2022-37703
CVSS 3.1
3.3 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2022-37703
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-40317 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2022-40317
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j9rc-2hv9-v5v8 3.3

In Amanda 3.5.1, an information leak vulnerability was found in the calcsize SUID binary. An...

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.

Record
GHSA-j9rc-2hv9-v5v8
CVSS 3.1
3.3 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22, CWE-668
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-37703 3.3

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37703
CVSS 3.1
3.3 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-37703 3.3

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37703
CVSS 3.1
3.3 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2022-37703
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12808-1 No score

amanda-3.5.3-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the amanda-3.5.3-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12808-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-5966-1 No score

amanda vulnerabilities

Maher Azzouzi discovered an information disclosure vulnerability in the calcsize binary within amanda. calcsize is a suid binary owned by root that could possibly be used by a malicious local attacker to expose sensitive file system information. (CVE-2022-37703)

Maher Azzouzi discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in the rundump binary within amanda. rundump is a suid binary owned by root that did not perform adequate sanitization of environment variables or commandline options and could possibly be used by a malicious local attacker to escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-37704)

Maher Azzouzi discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in the runtar binary within amanda. runtar is a suid binary owned by root that did not perform adequate sanitization of commandline options and could possibly be used by a malicious local attacker to escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-37705)

Record
USN-5966-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-5966-3 No score

amanda regression

USN-5966-1 fixed vulnerabilities in amanda. Unfortunately that update caused a regression and was reverted in USN-5966-2. This update provides security fixes for Ubuntu 22.10, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Maher Azzouzi discovered an information disclosure vulnerability in the calcsize binary within amanda. calcsize is a suid binary owned by root that could possibly be used by a malicious local attacker to expose sensitive file system information. (CVE-2022-37703)

Maher Azzouzi discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in the rundump binary within amanda. rundump is a suid binary owned by root that did not perform adequate sanitization of environment variables or commandline options and could possibly be used by a malicious local attacker to escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-37704)

Maher Azzouzi discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in the runtar binary within amanda. runtar is a suid binary owned by root that did not perform adequate sanitization of commandline options and could possibly be used by a malicious local attacker to escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-37705)

Record
USN-5966-3
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
amanda
Debian:12
 before 1:3.5.1-10
1:3.5.1-10
amanda
Debian:13
 before 1:3.5.1-10
1:3.5.1-10
amanda
Debian:14
 before 1:3.5.1-10
1:3.5.1-10
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
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:18.04:LTS
 before 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3, plus listed versions
1:3.3.9-5build11:3.5-21:3.5.1-11:3.5.1-1build11:3.5.1-1build21:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.11:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.2
1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3
amanda
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 before 1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.3, plus listed versions
1:3.5.1-2build21:3.5.1-2build31:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.11:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.2
1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.3
amanda
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 before 1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.3, plus listed versions
1:3.5.1-5ubuntu11:3.5.1-81:3.5.1-8ubuntu11:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.11:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.2
1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.3
amanda
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+esm1, plus listed versions
1:3.3.3-21:3.3.3-2build11:3.3.3-2ubuntu11:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.11:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+actuallyesm2
1:3.3.3-2ubuntu1.1+esm1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
amanda
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
1:3.3.6-41:3.3.6-4.1
1:3.3.6-4.1ubuntu0.1
amanda
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 before 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
1:3.3.9-5build11:3.5-21:3.5.1-11:3.5.1-1build11:3.5.1-1build2
1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.1
amanda
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 before 1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
1:3.5.1-2build21:3.5.1-2build3
1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.1
amanda
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 before 1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions
1:3.5.1-5ubuntu11:3.5.1-81:3.5.1-8ubuntu1
1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.1
amanda
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 3.5.3-1.1
3.5.3-1.1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubMaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-377032022-09-13

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-37703 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Amanda, published September 13, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.74%, the 54th percentile. Fixed in amanda 1:3.5.1-10.

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