Critical severity · published Jun 16, 2024
CVE-2024-38439
Netatalk before 3.2.1 has an off-by-one error and resultant heap-based buffer overflow because of setting ibuf[PASSWDLEN] to '\0' in FPLoginExt in login in etc/uams/uams_pam.c
9.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Netatalk before 3.2.1 has an off-by-one error and resultant heap-based buffer overflow because of setting ibuf[PASSWDLEN] to '\0' in FPLoginExt in login in etc/uams/uams_pam.c. 2.4.1 and 3.1.19 are also fixed versions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 60% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Netatalk · Netatalk
2.0.0 before 2.4.1; 3.0.0 before 3.1.19; 3.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38439
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38439
Product
https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/blob/90d91a9ac9a7d6132ab7620d31c8c23400949206/etc/uams/uams_pam.c#L316
Broken Link
https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/issues/1096
Exploit
https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/security/advisories/GHSA-8r68-857c-4rqc
Patch
https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2024-38439
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00026.html
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