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CVE-2012-3417

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
13/08/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The good_client function in rquotad (rquota_svc.c) in Linux DiskQuota (aka quota) before 3.17 invokes the hosts_ctl function the first time without a host name, which might allow remote attackers to bypass TCP Wrappers rules in hosts.deny.

Impact

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

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

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

Base Score 2.0
4.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.16 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre9:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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