CVE-2016-10729

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductZmanda Amanda
PublishedOct 24, 2018
First seenOct 24, 2018

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
zmanda amanda3.3.1—
redhat enterprise_linux7.0—
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0—

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