CVE-2022-43634

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Netatalk. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the dsi_writeinit function. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-17646.

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-094/

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5503

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SG6WZW5LXFVH3P7ZVZRGHUVJEMEFKQLI/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GEAFLA5L2SHOUFBAGUXIF2TZLGBXGJKT/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZYWSGVA6WXREMB6PV56HAHKU7R6KPOP/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00018.html

https://github.com/Netatalk/Netatalk/pull/186

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3