FKIE_CVE-2008-4552
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-10-14 20:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:58
Severity
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nfs | nfs-utils | * | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 0.2 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 0.2.1 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 0.3.1 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 0.3.3 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.1 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.2 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.3 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.4 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.6 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.7 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.7 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.7 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.8 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.8 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.8 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.8 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.8 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.9 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.10 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.11 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.0.12 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.1.0 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.1.0 | |
| nfs | nfs-utils | 1.1.1 |
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