FKIE_CVE-2012-3417

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-08-13 20:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:43
Severity
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comhttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
secalert@redhat.comhttp://linuxquota.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linuxquota/linuxquota%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0abbfe92536fa5854eb65572de0cf131f80e2387
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0120.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2743481&group_id=18136&atid=118136
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/5
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566717
secalert@redhat.comhttps://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15509723
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://linuxquota.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linuxquota/linuxquota%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0abbfe92536fa5854eb65572de0cf131f80e2387
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0120.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2743481&group_id=18136&atid=118136
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566717
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15509723
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
jan_kara linux_diskquota *
jan_kara linux_diskquota 2.0
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.01
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.01
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.01
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.01
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.01
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.01
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.01
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.01
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.01
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.02
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.03
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.04
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.05
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.06
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.07
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.08
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.09
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.10
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.11
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.12
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.13
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.14
jan_kara linux_diskquota 3.15
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:43:10.753",
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