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Vulnerability record · CVE-2002-0901 · published 4 October 2002

CVE-2002-0901: Amanda vulnerability

Amanda · Amanda

Multiple buffer overflows in Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (AMANDA) 2.3.0.4 allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long commands to the amindexd daemon, or certain local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to the programs (2) amcheck, (3) amgetidx, (4) amtrmidx, (5) createindex-dump, or (6) createindex-gnutar.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.7% · top 7.3%
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
5.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (AMANDA) 2.3.0.4 allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long commands to the amindexd daemon, or certain local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to the programs (2) amcheck, (3) amgetidx, (4) amtrmidx, (5) createindex-dump, or (6) createindex-gnutar.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274215
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9181.php PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9182.php PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4836 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4840 PatchVendor Advisory
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274215
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9181.php PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9182.php PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4836 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4840 PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2002-0901), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.