| Name | CVE-2016-10729 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. The "runtar" setuid root binary does not check for additional arguments supplied after --create, allowing users to manipulate commands and perform command injection as root. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| amanda (PTS) | jessie | 1:3.3.6-4 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:3.3.9-5+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:3.5.1-2+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:3.5.1-7 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:3.5.1-7+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:3.5.1-11+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:3.5.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| amanda | source | (unstable) | 1:3.3.9-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39217/
/usr/lib/amanda/runtar can only be run by members of the backup
group (which is root-equivalent due to being able to perform restores e.g.)