CVE-2010-0015

Published Jan 14, 2010

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-255

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "D41ABE25-DECD-4068-93DA-0B85281FD93A"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "9A93600D-7271-4AF5-8133-C6AA5BC8543F"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

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