CVE-2008-4552 (GCVE-0-2008-4552)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-14 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:17
VLAI?
Summary
The good_client function in nfs-utils 1.0.9, and possibly other versions before 1.1.3, invokes the hosts_ctl function with the wrong order of arguments, which causes TCP Wrappers to ignore netgroups and allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/32481 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32346 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0307 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announ… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-13… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/33006 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458676 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/36538 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497935/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-687-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/38833 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31823 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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