CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-10152
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
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.
Affected configurations
• hesiod project hesiod (<= 3.2.1)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332493 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/10 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01 security.gentoo.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332493 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/10 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01 security.gentoo.org