What is the CVSS score of CVE-2012-3417?

CVE-2012-3417 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.0 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.2%.

Linux Diskquota CVE-2012-3417

MEDIUM

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)

2012-08-13 secalert@redhat.com

Privilege Escalation Linux Diskquota

4.0

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

4.0 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Aug 13, 2012 - 20:55 cve.org

MEDIUM 4.0

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-264. 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. Affected products include: Jan Kara Linux Diskquota. Version information: before 3.17.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.