Vulnerability CVE-2012-3417

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2012-3417 (CCN-77752)

Assigned:

2009-04-22

Published:

2009-04-22

Updated:

2023-02-13

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
3.0 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): High Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

4.0 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
3.0 Low (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): High Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Consequences:

Bypass Security

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2012-3417

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: Linux DiskQuota GIT Repository
Fix hostname checking in rpc.rquotad

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2013-0120
Low: quota security and bug fix update

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 84729
Linux DiskQuota rquota_svc.c good_client Function hosts.deny TCP Wrapper Rule Bypass

Source: CCN
Type: BID-55066
Linux DiskQuota 'hosts_ctl()' Security Bypass Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 566717
CVE-2012-3417 quota: incorrect use of tcp_wrappers

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
linux-diskquota-sec-bypass(77752)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration RedHat 1:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 2:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::client:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 3:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::server:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre9:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre8:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre7:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre6:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre4:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:client:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20123417	V	CVE-2012-3417	2022-05-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33116	P	Security update for libvirt (Important)	2022-01-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33021	P	Security update for libqt5-qtsvg (Moderate)	2021-10-11
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30256	P	Security update for xen (Moderate)	2021-10-07
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29431	P	Security update for webkit2gtk3 (Important)	2021-10-06
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30219	P	Security update for libgcrypt (Important)	2021-06-24
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29377	P	Security update for libX11 (Important)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33630	P	Security update for fwupdate (Important)	2021-04-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29480	P	Security update for openldap2 (Important)	2021-03-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28866	P	Security update for xen (Important)	2020-12-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33260	P	star on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28997	P	Security update for gnutls (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32795	P	t1lib on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29581	P	Security update for apache2 (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33474	P	Security update for libesmtp	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29140	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32807	P	xen on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33562	P	Security update for ImageMagick (Low)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28786	P	Security update for mozilla-nss (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33173	P	libpoppler-glib4 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34308	P	Security update for quota	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29537	P	Security update for MozillaFirefox (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33417	P	Security update for Mozilla Firefox	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29083	P	Security update for dhcp (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32796	P	tar on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33523	P	Security update for systemtap	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29224	P	Security update for php53 (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32886	P	java-1_6_0-ibm on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28785	P	Security update for mozilla-nspr (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33586	P	Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28797	P	Security update for openldap2 (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34268	P	Security update for procmail (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29519	P	Security update for LibVNCServer (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23266	P	ELSA-2013:0120: quota security and bug fix update (Low)	2014-05-26
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21025	P	RHSA-2013:0120: quota security and bug fix update (Low)	2014-02-17
oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20130120	P	RHSA-2013:0120: quota security and bug fix update (Low)	2013-01-08
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20123417000	V	CVE-2012-3417 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.	2012-08-13
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20123417000	V	CVE-2012-3417 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2012-08-13

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