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CVE-2016-10151

Date: March 1, 2017

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-10151
https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/9
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10151
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10151
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332508
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10151
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-10151

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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