CVE-2022-45188

Publication date 12 November 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Netatalk through 3.1.13 has an afp_getappl heap-based buffer overflow resulting in code execution via a crafted .appl file. This provides remote root access on some platforms such as FreeBSD (used for TrueNAS).

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
netatalk	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Fixed 3.1.13~ds-2ubuntu0.22.10.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 3.1.12~ds-9ubuntu0.22.04.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 3.1.12~ds-4ubuntu0.20.04.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.2.6-1ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.2.5-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.2.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm1

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
netatalk	Upstream: dfab568

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6146-1
Netatalk vulnerabilities
8 June 2023