PT-1999-1751 · Zmanda · Amanda Backup System

Published 1999-11-01 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-1517

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Amanda backup system (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns the runtar component in the Amanda backup system, which is used in various UNIX operating systems. It executes tar with root privileges, allowing a user to overwrite or read arbitrary files by providing the target files to runtar.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1517

Affected Products

Amanda Backup System

References · 3

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/750 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1517 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94148942818975&w=2 · Note