CVE-2008-4552

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-08-05
Bugzilla:
458676: CVE-2008-4552 nfs-utils: incorrect use of tcp_wrappers, causing hostname-based rules to be ignored

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-4552 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and was addressed by
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1321.html

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (nfs-utils) RHSA-2009:1321 2009-09-02

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