CVE-2012-3417
Status: ModifiedMedium (4)—
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.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Base score: 4
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.15%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 88
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-264
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://linuxquota.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linuxquota/linuxquota%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=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
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://linuxquota.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linuxquota/linuxquota%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=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
Raw JSON (NVD)
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