CVE-2018-1160 Memory corruption in Netatalk

What is CVE-2018-1160?

CVE-2018-1160 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 20 Dec 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Netatalk before 3.1.12 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in dsi_opensess.c. This is due to lack of bounds checking on attacker controlled data. A remote unauthenticated attacker can leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1160?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Netatalk Netatalk, Synology Diskstation Manager, Synology Router Manager, Synology Skynas, Synology Vs960hd Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1160?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-1160 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-1160 exists.

Public exploit code: 3 Exploit-DB entries and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1160, DSA-4356-1, GHSA-j675-7hvj-qfw5, MGASA-2019-0061, SUSE-SU-2018:4214-1, SUSE-SU-2018:4217-1 and 1 more.