DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10152

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10152
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10152.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10152
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2017-03-28T14:59:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:03:32Z
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 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / hesiod

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10152.json"

Debian:13 / hesiod

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10152.json"

Debian:14 / hesiod

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10152.json"