CVE-2002-0901 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (AMANDA) version 2.3.0.4. These flaws allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending long commands to the amindexd daemon, or local users to achieve the same via crafted command-line arguments to several AMANDA utility programs. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amanda:amanda:2.3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.