vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-23121: Netatalk: Multiple Vulnerabilities including root remote code execution

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 28, 2023
Added
Nov 2, 2023
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Netatalk. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parse_entries function. The issue results from the lack of proper error handling when parsing AppleDouble entries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-15819.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-fs-netatalk
Title
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