CVE-2012-3417
N/A
Published: August 13, 2012 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Diskquota
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0120.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2743481&group_id=18136&atid=118136Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/5Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15509723Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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