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CVE-2022-23123

Publication date 21 March 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Netatalk. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the getdirparams method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-15830. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Netatalk. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the getdirparams method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of root.]

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
netatalk 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.1.12~ds-9ubuntu0.22.04.1
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.1.12~ds-4ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Notes

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Backporting MR is still in progress and have some regression issue Backporintg MR: https://github.com/Netatalk/Netatalk/pull/173

Patch details

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Package Patch details
netatalk

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H