DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10151

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10151
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10151.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10151
Upstream
Published
2017-03-01T20:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:29Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The hesiodinit function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 compares EUID with UID to determine whether to use configurations from environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) HESIODCONFIG or (2) HES_DOMAIN environment variable and leveraging certain SUID/SGUID binary.

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"
}

Debian:14 / 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"
}