CVE-2024-38439

Published: Jun 16, 2024Modified: Nov 3, 2025

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Netatalk: Netatalk

Netatalk

1 product

Netatalk

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Netatalk Netatalk	From 2.0.0 to 2.4.1
Netatalk Netatalk	From 3.0.0 to 3.1.19
Netatalk Netatalk	Version 3.2.0

Related CWEs

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (9)

https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/blob/90d91a9ac9a7d6132ab7620d31c8c23400949206/etc/uams/uams_pam.c#L316

Source: cve@mitre.org

Product

https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/issues/1096

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken LinkNot Applicable

https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/security/advisories/GHSA-8r68-857c-4rqc

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitVendor Advisory

https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2024-38439

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/blob/90d91a9ac9a7d6132ab7620d31c8c23400949206/etc/uams/uams_pam.c#L316