CVE-2016-10152

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10152
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10152.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-10152
Related
Published
2017-03-28T14:59:00Z
Modified
2024-08-01T07:24:39.850767Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The readconfigfile 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / hesiod

Package

Name
hesiod
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hesiod?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.1-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / hesiod

Package

Name
hesiod
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hesiod?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.1-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / hesiod

Package

Name
hesiod
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hesiod?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.1-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Git / github.com/achernya/hesiod

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/achernya/hesiod
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
30fa0206c7b1cdae5cd7200cdf1feb03838cf3af

Affected versions

hesiod-2.*

hesiod-2.0.0

hesiod-3.*

hesiod-3.0.0
hesiod-3.0.1
hesiod-3.0.2
hesiod-3.1.0
hesiod-3.1.1
hesiod-3.2.0
hesiod-3.2.1