National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4552
Original release date:10/14/2008
Last revised:03/06/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (10/15/2008)
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Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-4552
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
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External Source: BID
Name: 31823
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458676
External Source: XF
Name: nfsutils-hostctl-security-bypass(45895)
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-687-1
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20081030 rPSA-2008-0307-1 nfs-client nfs-server nfs-utils
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:060
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0307
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33006
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32481
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32346
Type: Advisory