Vulnerability CVE-2012-3417
Published: 2012-08-13   Modified: 2012-08-14

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
4.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
None
Affected software
Jan kara -> Linux diskquota 

 References:
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://linuxquota.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linuxquota/linuxquota;a=commitdiff;h=0abbfe92536fa5854eb65572de0cf131f80e2387
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0120.html
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2743481&group_id=18136&atid=118136
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/5
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566717
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15509723
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