An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. The "runtar" setuid root binary does not check for additional arguments supplied after --create, allowing users to manipulate commands and perform command injection as root.
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EUVD-2016-1727 | An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. The "runtar" setuid root binary does not check for additional arguments supplied after --create, allowing users to manipulate commands and perform command injection as root. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T03:30:20.178Z
Reserved: 2018-10-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-10729
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-10-24T21:29:00.267
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:44:36.753
Link: CVE-2016-10729
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