CVE-2016-10152

N/A

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published3/28/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

hesiod_project:hesiod

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332493(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/10(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332493(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/10(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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