CVE-2024-38439
criticalpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (4)
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references (15)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-38439/cnnvd
- https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/blob/90d91a9ac9a7d6132ab7620d31c8c23400949206/etc/uams/uams_pam.c#L316cnnvd
- https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/issues/1096cnnvd
- https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/security/advisories/GHSA-8r68-857c-4rqccnnvd
- https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2024-38439cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/netatalk-buffer-overflow-dated-05-07-2024-44667cnnvd
- https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/blob/90d91a9ac9a7d6132ab7620d31c8c23400949206/etc/uams/uams_pam.c#L316enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/issues/1096enisa_euvd
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