Name: CVE-2022-37703: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-37703, CWE-22, CVSS 3.3, EPSS 0.01972

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade amanda	Dec 11, 2023	Sep 13, 2022
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Sep 13, 2022
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade amanda-client	Apr 10, 2023	Sep 13, 2022

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CVSS Details

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