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FKIE_CVE-2016-10152

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-28 14:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:39

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1	Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332493	Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/10	Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1	Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332493	Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/10	Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	hesiod_project	hesiod	*

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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

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332493	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/10	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Date Public

2017-01-20 00:00

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