[USN-6614-1] amanda vulnerability

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6614-1
January 30, 2024

amanda vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 23.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- 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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
  amanda-client                   1:3.5.1-11ubuntu0.23.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  amanda-client                   1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  amanda-client                   1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  amanda-client                   1:3.5.1-1ubuntu0.3+esm1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6614-1
  CVE-2023-30577

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amanda/1:3.5.1-11ubuntu0.23.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amanda/1:3.5.1-8ubuntu1.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amanda/1:3.5.1-2ubuntu0.4