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Critical USN-6146-1 9 CVEs

netatalk vulnerabilities

Published Jun 8, 2023 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Netatalk did not properly validate the length of
user-supplied data in the DSI structures. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking the programs. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu
22.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-31439)

It was discovered that Netatalk did not properly validate the length of
user-supplied data in the ad_addcomment function. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-0194)

It was discovered that Netatalk did not properly handle errors when parsing
AppleDouble entries. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-23121)

It was discovered that Netatalk did not properly validate the length of
user-supplied data in the setfilparams function. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-23122)

It was discovered that Netatalk did not properly validate the length of
user-supplied data in the getdirparams function. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04
LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-23123)

It was discovered that Netatalk did not properly validate the length of
user-supplied data in the get_finderinfo function. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-23124)

It was discovered that Netatalk did not properly validate the length of
user-supplied data in the copyapplfile function. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04
LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-23125)

It was discovered that Netatalk did not properly validate the length of
user-supplied data in the dsi_writeinit function. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu
22.10. (CVE-2022-43634)

It was discovered that Netatalk did not properly manage memory under
certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted .appl file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-45188)

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS netatalk 3.1.12~ds-4ubuntu0.20.04.1
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS netatalk 3.1.12~ds-9ubuntu0.22.04.1
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS netatalk 2.2.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS netatalk 2.2.5-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS netatalk 2.2.6-1ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1

Vulnerabilities 9

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-31439
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0194
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23121
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23122
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23123
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23124
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23125
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-43634
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-45188