DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3417

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3417

    Published: 13 Aug 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-3417

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3417

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: quota

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/quota?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.00~pre1-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High