Out-of-bounds Write Affecting netatalk package, versions <3.1.18~ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.63% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2404-NETATALK-7266696
  • published18 Mar 2025
  • disclosed16 Jun 2024

Introduced: 16 Jun 2024

CVE-2024-38439  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:24.04 netatalk to version 3.1.18ds-1ubuntu0.1esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream netatalk package and not the netatalk package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:24.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1