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CVE-2012-3417

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3417 describes a vulnerability in the rquotad component of Linux DiskQuota (aka quota) before version 3.17. The flaw allows remote attackers to potentially bypass TCP Wrappers rules in hosts.deny due to the good_client function invoking hosts_ctl without a hostname on its initial call. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a network-based attack with high attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jan_kara:linux_diskquota:3.01:pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0315 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: quota-1:3.13-8.el5
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: quota

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3417Low

quota: incorrect use of tcp_wrappers

Apr 22, 2009

References

kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
linuxquota.git.sourceforge.net / git/gitweb.cgi
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0120.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
hermes.opensuse.org / messages/15509723
sourceforge.net / tracker
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/5