VulnerabilityModified
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.93%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.93% probability · 59th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- netatalk/netatalk
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/blob/90d91a9ac9a7d6132ab7620d31c8c23400949206/etc/uams/uams_pam.c#L316Product
- https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/issues/1096Broken Link, Not Applicable
- https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/security/advisories/GHSA-8r68-857c-4rqcExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2024-38439Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/blob/90d91a9ac9a7d6132ab7620d31c8c23400949206/etc/uams/uams_pam.c#L316Product
- https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/issues/1096Broken Link, Not Applicable
- https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/security/advisories/GHSA-8r68-857c-4rqcExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00026.html
- https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2024-38439Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.