GHSA-J9RC-2HV9-V5V8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-14 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:30
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Details

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.

Severity ?
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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  "aliases": [
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  "modified": "2025-11-04T18:30:39Z",
  "published": "2022-09-14T00:00:44Z",
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