CVE-2016-10152

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Mar 28, 2017
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Jan 20, 2017

Description

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.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

90952vdb-entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332493
[oss-security] 20170120 Re: CVE Request: two flaws in hesiod permitting privilege elevationmailing-list
https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/10
GLSA-201805-01vendor-advisory

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