Description
Netatalk is a Free and Open Source file server suite for Unix-like operating systems. In versions 3.1.19 through 4.4.2, a stack-based buffer overflow exists in the deletedir() function of Netatalk's afpd daemon due to an integer underflow in the calculation of the remaining buffer size used for path construction. deletedir() is a utility function called when a file operation crosses a device boundary inside an AFP shared volume, which the standard library's renameat() cannot handle. The function attempts to prevent buffer overflows by tracking available space in a size_t remain variable. However, the arithmetic used to compute remain results in an unsigned integer underflow, causing the variable to become SIZE_MAX. Because of this, the subsequent boundary check always evaluates as safe, allowing an unbounded strcpy() operation to copy attacker-controlled filenames into a nearly full stack buffer. Version 4.4.3 patches the issue.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netatalk | netatalk | >= 3.1.19, < 4.4.3 | — |
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 | 4.4.3~ds-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | netatalk | 4.2.3~ds-1+deb13u2 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | netatalk | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | netatalk | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | netatalk | No fix yet | — |
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | netatalk | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | netatalk | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | netatalk | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | netatalk | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | netatalk | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | netatalk | No fix yet | — |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | netatalk | 4.4.3-r0 | — |