USN-7347-1: Netatalk vulnerabilities

12 March 2025

Several security issues were fixed in Netatalk.

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Releases

Packages

  • netatalk - Apple Filing Protocol service

Details

It was discovered that Netatalk did not properly manage memory under
certain circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-38439, CVE-2024-38440, CVE-2024-38441)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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