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Vulnerability · Published Mar 28, 2023 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2022-23123

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds read in Netatalk from Netatalk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.8% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)3.8%top 9.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20netatalk3.1.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-23123
Alpine:v3.21netatalk3.1.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-23123
Alpine:v3.22netatalk3.1.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-23123
Alpine:v3.23netatalk3.1.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-23123
Alpine:v3.24netatalk3.1.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-23123
Debian:13netatalk3.1.13~ds-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23123
Debian:14netatalk3.1.13~ds-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23123
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnetatalk3.1.12~ds-9ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23123
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnetatalk3.1.12~ds-9ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-6146-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Netatalk Netatalk 3.1.12

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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