UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10151

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10151
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10151.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10151
Upstream
Published
2017-03-01T20:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:58Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / hesiod

Package

Name
hesiod
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hesiod@3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.2.1-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "hesiod"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libhesiod-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libhesiod0"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / hesiod

Package

Name
hesiod
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hesiod@3.2.1-3.1~build0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.1-3.1~build0.18.04.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.2.1-3
3.2.1-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.1-3.1~build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "hesiod"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.1-3.1~build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libhesiod-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.1-3.1~build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libhesiod0"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}