Advisory Details

March 23rd, 2022

(Pwn2Own) Netatalk copyapplfile Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-22-526
ZDI-CAN-15869

CVE ID CVE-2022-23125
CVSS SCORE 9.8, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS Netatalk
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Netatalk
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

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 copyapplfile function. When parsing the len element, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Netatalk has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://netatalk.sourceforge.io/3.1/ReleaseNotes3.1.13.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2021-12-08 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2022-03-23 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Theori (@theori_io)
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