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CVE-2022-23124

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-03-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

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 get_finderinfo 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-15870.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0, 11.0
• Netatalk: before 3.1.13 — fixed in 3.1.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Netatalk 3.1.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00018.html
• https://netatalk.sourceforge.io/3.1/ReleaseNotes3.1.13.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-02
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5503
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-525/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00018.html
• https://netatalk.sourceforge.io/3.1/ReleaseNotes3.1.13.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-02
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5503
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/709991
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-525/

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