--- title: "CVE-2008-4552\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4552?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-4552 Publication date 14 October 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | nfs-utils | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1:1.1.2-4ubuntu1.1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1:1.1.2-2ubuntu2.2 | | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1:1.1.1~git-20070709-3ubuntu1.1 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1:1.0.7-3ubuntu2.1 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4552) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4552) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4552) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4552) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-687-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-687-1) + nfs-utils vulnerability + 4 December 2008 ### Other references *