Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 16, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-38439

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.

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Affected products

Netatalk/Netatalk4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:netatalk:netatalk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:netatalk:netatalk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.0.0,<2.4.1
- cpe:2.3:a:netatalk:netatalk:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <3.2.1, 2.4.1, 3.1.19
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/netatalk&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/netatalk&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5
< 3.1.18-3.25.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.18-3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.18-3.25.1

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References

netatalk.io/security/CVE-2024-38439nvdPatchVendor Advisory
github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/security/advisories/GHSA-8r68-857c-4rqcnvdExploitVendor Advisory
github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/blob/90d91a9ac9a7d6132ab7620d31c8c23400949206/etc/uams/uams_pam.cnvdProduct
github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/issues/1096nvdBroken LinkNot Applicable
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00026.htmlnvd

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