Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-23121 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00018.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00018.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00000.html
- https://netatalk.sourceforge.io/3.1/ReleaseNotes3.1.13.html
- https://netatalk.sourceforge.io/3.1/ReleaseNotes3.1.13.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-02
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-02
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5503
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5503
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-527/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-527/