Description
Netatalk before 3.2.1 has an off-by-one error, and resultant heap-based buffer overflow and segmentation violation, because of incorrectly using FPLoginExt in BN_bin2bn in etc/uams/uams_dhx_pam.c. The original issue 1097 report stated: 'The latest version of Netatalk (v3.2.0) contains a security vulnerability. This vulnerability arises due to a lack of validation for the length field after parsing user-provided data, leading to an out-of-bounds heap write of one byte (\0). Under specific configurations, this can result in reading metadata of the next heap block, potentially causing a Denial of Service (DoS) under certain heap layouts or with ASAN enabled. ... The vulnerability is located in the FPLoginExt operation of Netatalk, in the BN_bin2bn function found in /etc/uams/uams_dhx_pam.c ... if (!(bn = BN_bin2bn((unsigned char *)ibuf, KEYSIZE, NULL))) ... threads ... [#0] Id 1, Name: "afpd", stopped 0x7ffff4304e58 in ?? (), reason: SIGSEGV ... [#0] 0x7ffff4304e58 mov BYTE PTR [r14+0x8], 0x0 ... mov rdx, QWORD PTR [rsp+0x18] ... afp_login_ext(obj=<optimized out>, ibuf=0x62d000010424 "", ibuflen=0xffffffffffff0015, rbuf=<optimized out>, rbuflen=<optimized out>) ... afp_over_dsi(obj=0x5555556154c0 <obj>).' 2.4.1 and 3.1.19 are also fixed versions.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | netatalk | 3.1.18~ds-2 | — |
| Debian 13 | netatalk | 3.1.18~ds-2 | — |
| Debian 11 | netatalk | 3.1.12~ds-8+deb11u2 | DLA-3968-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | netatalk | 3.1.12~ds-9ubuntu0.22.04.4 | USN-7347-1 |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | netatalk | 3.1.12~ds-4ubuntu0.20.04.4 | USN-7347-1 |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | netatalk | 3.1.18~ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | USN-7347-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | netatalk | 2.2.6-1ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm2 | USN-7347-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | netatalk | 2.2.5-1ubuntu0.2+esm2 | USN-7347-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | netatalk | 2.2.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm2 | USN-7347-1 |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 12 SP5 | netatalk | 3.1.18-3.25.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2301-1 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | netatalk | 3.1.19-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | netatalk | 3.1.19-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | netatalk | 3.1.19-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | netatalk | 3.1.19-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | netatalk | 3.1.19-r0 | — |
Advisories 3
- USN-7347-1 netatalk vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Jun 25, 2026
- DLA-3968-1 netatalk - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:2301-1 Security update for netatalk SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026