CVE-2016-10729

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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, 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)	buster	1:3.5.1-2	vulnerable
	buster (security)	1:3.5.1-2+deb10u1	vulnerable
	bullseye	1:3.5.1-7	vulnerable
	bookworm, sid	1:3.5.1-11	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
amanda	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	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.)