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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-4552

Published: Oct 14, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
5 LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4552
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Nfs-utilsNfs*1.1.2 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs0.2 (including)0.2 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs0.2.1 (including)0.2.1 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs0.3.1 (including)0.3.1 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs0.3.3 (including)0.3.3 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0 (including)1.0 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.3 (including)1.0.3 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.4 (including)1.0.4 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.6 (including)1.0.6 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.7 (including)1.0.7 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.7-pre-1 (including)1.0.7-pre-1 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.7-pre-2 (including)1.0.7-pre-2 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.8 (including)1.0.8 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.8-rc-1 (including)1.0.8-rc-1 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.8-rc-2 (including)1.0.8-rc-2 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.8-rc-3 (including)1.0.8-rc-3 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.8-rc-4 (including)1.0.8-rc-4 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.9 (including)1.0.9 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.10 (including)1.0.10 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.11 (including)1.0.11 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.0.12 (including)1.0.12 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.1.0 (including)1.1.0 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.1.0-rc-1 (including)1.1.0-rc-1 (including)
Nfs-utilsNfs1.1.1 (including)1.1.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatnfs-utils-1:1.0.9-42.el5*
Nfs-utilsUbuntudapper*
Nfs-utilsUbuntudevel*
Nfs-utilsUbuntugutsy*
Nfs-utilsUbuntuhardy*
Nfs-utilsUbuntuintrepid*
Nfs-utilsUbuntuupstream*

References

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