In Amanda 3.5.1, an information leak vulnerability was found in the calcsize SUID binary.
Priority LOW 17CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00747 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred
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.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-37703
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j9rc-2hv9-v5v8
References
Advisory 6
More Amanda vulnerabilities
- TI-2002-00874 Multiple buffer overflows in Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (AMANDA)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2022-37703 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-37703 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j9rc-2hv9-v5v8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-37703 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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