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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2016-10730: Security patch for amanda (ALAS-2023-2218)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2016-10730: Security patch for amanda (ALAS-2023-2218)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/24/2018
Created
08/24/2023
Added
08/24/2023
Modified
08/24/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. Amstar is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It uses star to backup and restore data. It runs binaries with root permissions when parsing the command line argument --star-path.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-amanda
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-amanda-client
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-amanda-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-amanda-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-amanda-server

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