Bug 1226429 (CVE-2024-38440) - VUL-0: CVE-2024-38440: netatalk: off-by-one error resultant in a heap-based buffer overflow because of incorrectly using FPLoginExt in BN_bin2bn in etc/uams/uams_dhx_pam.c
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2024-38440: netatalk: off-by-one error resultant in a heap-based b...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2024-38440
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P2 - High : Normal
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Assignee: Security Team bot
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/411055/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-38440:7.3:(AV:...
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Reported: 2024-06-17 10:43 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified: 2024-07-08 09:15 UTC (History)
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Description SMASH SMASH 2024-06-17 10:43:16 UTC 
Netatalk 3.2.0 has an off-by-one error and resultant heap-based buffer overflow because of incorrectly using FPLoginExt in BN_bin2bn in etc/uams/uams_dhx_pam.c.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-38440
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38440
https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/issues/1097
Comment 2 Petr Gajdos 2024-06-24 08:18:51 UTC 
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-38440
MITRE pinged for clarification or rejection by Debian
Comment 4 Andrea Mattiazzo 2024-07-01 15:03:24 UTC 
https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2024-38440

Tracking as affected:
- SUSE:SLE-12:Update/netatalk
Comment 5 Petr Gajdos 2024-07-02 12:49:15 UTC 
(In reply to Andrea Mattiazzo from comment #4)
> https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2024-38440
> 
> Tracking as affected:
> - SUSE:SLE-12:Update/netatalk

Thanks, Andrea.
Comment 6 Petr Gajdos 2024-07-02 12:50:46 UTC 
Submitted for 12/netatalk.

I believe all fixed.
Comment 8 Maintenance Automation 2024-07-04 16:30:10 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2024:2301-1: An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1226429, 1226430, 1226431
CVE References: CVE-2024-38439, CVE-2024-38440, CVE-2024-38441
Maintenance Incident: [SUSE:Maintenance:34547](https://smelt.suse.de/incident/34547/)
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (src):
 netatalk-3.1.18-3.25.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5 (src):
 netatalk-3.1.18-3.25.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
Comment 9 Andrea Mattiazzo 2024-07-08 09:15:49 UTC 
All done, closing.