1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6614-1

USN-6614-1: amanda vulnerability

Publication date

30 January 2024

Overview

amanda could be used to escalate privilege if it was provided with specially crafted arguments.

Releases

Packages

  • amanda - Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (Client)

Details

It was discovered that amanda did not properly check certain arguments. A
local unprivileged attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a
privilege escalation attack.

It was discovered that amanda did not properly check certain arguments. A
local unprivileged attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a
privilege escalation attack.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.10 mantic amanda-client –  1:3.5.1-11ubuntu0.23.10.1
22.04 jammy amanda-client –  1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.4
20.04 focal amanda-client –  1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.4
18.04 bionic amanda-client –  1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3+esm1  

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