Bug 1647086 - CVE-2016-10729 amanda: Privilege escalation in runtar via --rsh-command option [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2016-10729 amanda: Privilege escalation in runtar via --rsh-command optio...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: amanda
Version: 29
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Josef Ridky
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2016-10729
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-11-06 16:23 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2018-11-07 21:12 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2018-11-06 17:01:08 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-11-06 16:23:49 UTC
This is an automatically created tracking bug!  It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.

For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.

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Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
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Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-11-06 16:23:55 UTC
Use the following template to for the 'fedpkg update' request to submit an
update for this issue as it contains the top-level parent bug(s) as well as
this tracking bug.  This will ensure that all associated bugs get updated
when new packages are pushed to stable.

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# bugfix, security, enhancement, newpackage (required)
type=security

# testing, stable
request=testing

# Bug numbers: 1234,9876
bugs=1647084,1647086

# Description of your update
notes=Security fix for [PUT CVEs HERE]

# Enable request automation based on the stable/unstable karma thresholds
autokarma=True
stable_karma=3
unstable_karma=-3

# Automatically close bugs when this marked as stable
close_bugs=True

# Suggest that users restart after update
suggest_reboot=False

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Comment 2 Jason Tibbitts 2018-11-06 17:01:08 UTC
The runtar command in Amanda 3.5.1 (which is current in all live Fedora versions) does not accept the --rsh-command option and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Comment 3 Jason Tibbitts 2018-11-06 17:12:38 UTC
Also note the following:

                Release Notes for amanda-3.3.9

* security-fix
    - All previous release of amanda allow the 'amanda' user to execute
      any code as root, and to execute an interactive shell as root.
    - This is a security vulnerability if you do not trust the 'amanda'
      user.
    - There is no need to upgrade if you trust the 'amanda' user and the
      account is secure.
        - good password
        - secure xinetd.conf setting
        - securae .amandahosts setting
    - The 'amanda' user can read all files in the machine, it is what a
      backup program do.
    - The set of fix disable the abilities to run unwanted code as root
      or to write file anywhere in the filesystem.


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