Access Restriction Bypass Affecting nfs-utils package, versions <1:1.1.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.3% (81st percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-NFSUTILS-11761665
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed14 Oct 2008

Introduced: 14 Oct 2008

CVE-2008-4552  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 nfs-utils to version 1:1.1.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nfs-utils package and not the nfs-utils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1