CVE-2009-0786

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-03-11
Bugzilla:
491095: CVE-2009-0786 tcp_wrappers: hosts_ctl() does not handle hostnames specified in /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} correctly

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This was originally intended for a report about TCP Wrappers and the hosts_ctl API function, but further investigation showed that this was documented behavior by that function. Notes: Future CVE identifiers might be assigned to applications that mis-use the API in a security-relevant fashion.

Find out more about CVE-2009-0786 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (tcp_wrappers) RHBA-2007:0565 2007-11-07

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