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CVE-2012-3417
The good_client function in rquotad (rquota_svc.c) in Linux DiskQuota (aka quota) before 3.17 invokes the hosts_ctl function the first…
Medium4.0EPSS 3.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566717 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120719 CVE Request: quota: incorrect use of tcp_wrappers (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0120 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120719 Re: CVE Request: quota: incorrect use of tcp_wrappers (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://linuxquota.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linuxquota/linuxquota%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0abbfe92536fa5854eb65572de0cf131f80e2387 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2743481&group_id=18136&atid=118136 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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