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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-3417

Original release date:08/13/2012

Last revised:01/15/2013

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:4.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 4.9

Exploitability Subscore: 4.9

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: High

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://linuxquota.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linuxquota/linuxquota;a=commitdiff;h=0abbfe92536fa5854eb65572de0cf131f80e2387

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://linuxquota.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linuxquota/linuxquota;a=commitdiff;h=0abbfe92536fa5854eb65572de0cf131f80e2387

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1058

Hyperlink:https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15509723

External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566717

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566717

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120719 Re: CVE Request: quota: incorrect use of tcp_wrappers