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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-3417
The good_client function in rquotad (rquota_svc.c) in Linux DiskQuota (aka...
Vulnerability 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 Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15509723
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566717
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0120.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/5
- http://linuxquota.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linuxquota/linuxquota%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0abbfe92536fa5854eb65572de0cf131f80e2387
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2743481&group_id=18136&atid=118136
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
Affected Vendor
jan kara
View all reports →Affected Software
linux diskquota
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.0, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 13th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.