CVE-2016-10730

Name	CVE-2016-10730
Description	An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. Amstar is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It uses star to backup and restore data. It runs binaries with root permissions when parsing the command line argument --star-path.
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	1:3.5.1-10	vulnerable
	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/39244/
/usr/lib/amanda/application/amstar can only be run by members of the backup
group (which is root-equivalent due to being able to perform restores e.g.)