DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4552

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4552
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4552.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4552
Upstream
Published
2008-10-14T20:00:01Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:02:55Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / nfs-utils

Package

Name
nfs-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nfs-utils?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4552.json"

Debian:13 / nfs-utils

Package

Name
nfs-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nfs-utils?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4552.json"

Debian:14 / nfs-utils

Package

Name
nfs-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nfs-utils?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4552.json"