CVE-2022-37703

amanda: information leak (discovery of directory existence)

Published Sep 13, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 3.3 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3681-1 amanda security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3880-1 amanda security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-40317 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5966-1 amanda vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5966-3 amanda regression
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Nov 4, 2025, 4:09 PM
Reserved
Aug 8, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 13, 2022, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:55 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 13, 2022, 12:00 AM