CVE-2008-4552

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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 products

Nfs-Utils: through 1.1.2; 0.2, 0.2.1, 0.3.1, 0.3.3, 1.0, 1.0.1 (+19)

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32346
http://secunia.com/advisories/32481
http://secunia.com/advisories/33006
http://secunia.com/advisories/36538
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
http://secunia.com/advisories/38833
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0307
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:060
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/5
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1321.html

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