CVE-2016-10729
published 2018-10-24CVE-2016-10729: 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…
PriorityP342high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.19%
64.4th percentile
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.
Affected
10 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| amanda | amanda | >= 0 < 1:3.3.9-1 | 1:3.3.9-1 |
| amanda | amanda | >= 0 < 1:3.3.9-1 | 1:3.3.9-1 |
| amanda | amanda | >= 0 < 1:3.3.9-1 | 1:3.3.9-1 |
| debian | amanda | < amanda 1:3.3.9-1 (bookworm) | amanda 1:3.3.9-1 (bookworm) |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | — | — |
| zmanda | amanda | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8LOW
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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Red Hat
amanda: Privilege escalation in runtar via --rsh-command option
vendor_redhat·2016-01-11·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2016-10729 [HIGH] CWE-78 amanda: Privilege escalation in runtar via --rsh-command option
amanda: Privilege escalation in runtar via --rsh-command option
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.
Package: amanda (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: amanda (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: amanda (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Out of support scope
Package: amanda (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2016-10729: amanda - An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivi...
vendor_debian·2016·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2016-10729 [HIGH] CVE-2016-10729: amanda - An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivi...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1:3.3.9-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1:3.3.9-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1:3.3.9-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1:3.3.9-1)
GHSA
GHSA-269f-8j25-5mp2: An issue was discovered in Amanda 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2016-10729 [HIGH] CWE-77 GHSA-269f-8j25-5mp2: An issue was discovered in Amanda 3
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.
OSV
CVE-2016-10729: An issue was discovered in Amanda 3
osv·2018-10-24·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2016-10729 [HIGH] CVE-2016-10729: An issue was discovered in Amanda 3
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10729 amanda: Privilege escalation in runtar via --rsh-command option
bugzilla·2018-11-06·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2016-10729 [HIGH] CVE-2016-10729 amanda: Privilege escalation in runtar via --rsh-command option
CVE-2016-10729 amanda: Privilege escalation in runtar via --rsh-command option
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.
Discussion:
Created amanda tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1647086]
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This is odd. Not understanding the procedure here, could someone tell me why the CVE is from 2016?
In Fedora:
ἐπιθυμία:~❯ ls -l /usr/lib64/amanda/runtar
-rwsr-x---. 1 root disk 15776 Aug 20 07:36 /usr/lib64/amanda/runtar*
The permissions don't appear to be different on CentOS 7.
So any potential exploit kicks in only if
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10729 amanda: Privilege escalation in runtar via --rsh-command option [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-11-06·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2016-10729 [HIGH] CVE-2016-10729 amanda: Privilege escalation in runtar via --rsh-command option [fedora-all]
CVE-2016-10729 amanda: Privilege escalation in runtar via --rsh-command option [fedora-all]
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2018-10-24
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