VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-4552

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-10-14
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

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