Multiple buffer overflows in Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (AMANDA)…
Priority MEDIUM 51Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (AMANDA) 2.3.0.4 allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long commands to the amindexd daemon, or certain local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to the programs (2) amcheck, (3) amgetidx, (4) amtrmidx, (5) createindex-dump, or (6) createindex-gnutar.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.057 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0901
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4ff8-c98x-v6m4
References
More Amanda vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-17532 In Amanda 3.5.1, an information leak vulnerability was found in the calcsize SUID binary. CVSS 3.1LOW 3.3
Sources
- CVE-2002-0901 · CVE Program
- CVE-2002-0901 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4ff8-c98x-v6m4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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