CVE-2008-4552
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4533)
- Published
- October 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4533 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
- nfs / nfs-utils
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32346(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32481(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33006(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36538
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38833(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497935/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31823(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-687-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458676
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45895
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11544
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8325
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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