ID CVE-2010-0015
Summary nis/nss_nis/nis-pwd.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.7 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) 2.10.2 adds information from the passwd.adjunct.byname map to entries in the passwd map, which allows remote attackers to obtain the encrypted passwords of NIS accounts by calling the getpwnam function.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 7.5 (as of 07-12-2016 - 02:59)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-255
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL PARTIAL PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
refmap via4
confirm
mandriva
  • MDVSA-2010:111
  • MDVSA-2010:112
misc http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11134
mlist
  • [oss-security] 20100107 CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage
  • [oss-security] 20100108 Re: CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage
  • [oss-security] 20100109 Re: CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage
  • [oss-security] 20100111 Re: CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage
suse SUSE-SA:2010:052
Last major update 07-12-2016 - 02:59
Published 14-01-2010 - 18:30
Last modified 07-12-2016 - 02:59
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