CVE-2010-0826

Published Apr 5, 2010

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Berkeley DB NSS module (aka libnss-db) 2.2.3pre1 reads the DB_CONFIG file in the current working directory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack involving a setgid or setuid application that uses this module.
Source: security@ubuntu.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 1.9
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.4
Vector string: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-200

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:piotr_roszatycki:libnss-db:2.2.3:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "2F200682-BE09-4354-B084-951C08E2015B"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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