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 time without a host name, which might allow remote attackers to
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-08-13 20:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 233b17a753a98b5b442e9cf15f8ef2cc23c4f49e97d6a5f692fb9ff0ea1a38f1
05 Affected products
06 References
- hermes.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1058https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15509723
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566717
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120719 CVE Request: quota: incorrect use of tcp_wrappershttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/2
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0120http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0120.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120719 Re: CVE Request: quota: incorrect use of tcp_wrappershttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/5
- linuxquota.git.sourceforge.nethttp://linuxquota.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linuxquota/linuxquota%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0abbfe92536fa5854eb65572de0cf131f80e2387
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2743481&group_id=18136&atid=118136
- kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- quota Fixed in 4.00~pre1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- quota Fixed in 4.00~pre1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- quota Fixed in 4.00~pre1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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