vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-10729: amanda: Privilege escalation in runtar via --rsh-command option
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 24, 2018 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 24, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
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