VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-3417

CVSS score4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-08-13
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

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.

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