CVE-2007-4601

A regression error in tcp-wrappers 7.6.dbs-10 and 7.6.dbs-11 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions when a service uses libwrap but does not specify server connection information.

Published: 2007-08-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-4601 is rated Moderate Risk (49.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.23%). EPSS rose +1.77% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4601

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.46% 2.23% +1.77%
2 2025-09-02 0.32% 0.46% +0.14%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4601

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4601

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-4601

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2007-4601 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tcp-wrappers), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4601
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4601
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-4601 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tcp-wrappers), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 2, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4601

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-4601

  • Red Hat (2007-08-31T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This issue was specific to a patch from Debian project and did not affect versions of tcp_wrappers packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4601

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ubuntu ubuntu_linux 7.04 cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4601

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