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CVE-2008-4552

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
14/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The good_client function in nfs-utils 1.0.9, and possibly other versions before 1.1.3, invokes the hosts_ctl function with the wrong order of arguments, which causes TCP Wrappers to ignore netgroups and allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.1.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.7:pre-1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.7:pre-2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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