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    4 vulnerabilities by hesiod_project

    CVE-2016-10152 (GCVE-0-2016-10152)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2017-03-28 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:14
    VLAI
    Summary
    The read_config_file function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 falls back to the ".athena.mit.edu" default domain when opening the configuration file fails, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges by poisoning the DNS cache.
    Severity
    No CVSS data available.
    CWE
    • n/a
    References
    Date Public
    2017-01-20 00:00
    Show details on NVD website

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    CVE-2016-10151 (GCVE-0-2016-10151)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2017-03-01 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:14
    VLAI
    Summary
    The hesiod_init function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 compares EUID with UID to determine whether to use configurations from environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) HESIOD_CONFIG or (2) HES_DOMAIN environment variable and leveraging certain SUID/SGUID binary.
    Severity
    No CVSS data available.
    CWE
    • n/a
    References
    Date Public
    2017-01-20 00:00
    Show details on NVD website

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    CVE-2016-10152 (GCVE-0-2016-10152)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-28 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:14
    VLAI
    Summary
    The read_config_file function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 falls back to the ".athena.mit.edu" default domain when opening the configuration file fails, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges by poisoning the DNS cache.
    Severity
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    CWE
    • n/a
    References
    Date Public
    2017-01-20 00:00
    Show details on NVD website

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    CVE-2016-10151 (GCVE-0-2016-10151)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-01 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:14
    VLAI
    Summary
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    Severity
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    CWE
    • n/a
    References
    Date Public
    2017-01-20 00:00
    Show details on NVD website

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