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CVE-2018-1160 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/ReleaseNotes3.1.12.html CVE, Inc., Tenable Network Security Release Notes 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152440/QNAP-Netatalk-Authentication-Bypass.html CVE, Inc., Tenable Network Security Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106301 CVE, Inc., Tenable Network Security Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://attachments.samba.org/attachment.cgi?id=14735 CVE, Inc., Tenable Network Security Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/tenable/poc/tree/master/netatalk/cve_2018_1160/ CVE, Inc., Tenable Network Security Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4356 CVE, Inc., Tenable Network Security Third Party Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46034/ CVE, Inc., Tenable Network Security Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46048/ CVE, Inc., Tenable Network Security Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46675/ CVE, Inc., Tenable Network Security Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_18_62 CVE, Inc., Tenable Network Security Third Party Advisory 
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-48 CVE, Inc., Tenable Network Security Exploit  Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST   Tenable Network Security, Inc.   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-1160
NVD Published Date:
12/20/2018
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Tenable Network Security, Inc.