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Cent OS: CVE-2012-3417: CESA-2013:0120 (quota)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-3417: CESA-2013:0120 (quota)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/13/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-quota

References

  • CVE-2012-3417
  • RHSA-2013:0120

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