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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Netatalk vulnerabilities (USN-8455-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 322259

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8455-1 advisory.

 Arjun Basnet discovered that Netatalk improperly validated inputs when unmarshalling Spotlight Remote Procedure Call. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-44066)

 Arjun Basnet discovered that Netatalk improperly sanitized extended attribute path components. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to perform path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files outside the intended metadata directory. (CVE-2026-44068)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8455-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 322259

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8455-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/23/2026

Updated: 6/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44068

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libatalk-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:netatalk-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:papd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:netatalk-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:macipgw, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:netatalk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:a2boot, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:atalkd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libatalk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:timelord, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44066, CVE-2026-44068

USN: 8455-1