CVE-2010-0826

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    CVE-2010-0826

    Published: 5 Apr 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Berkeley DB NSS module (aka libnss-db) 2.2.3pre1 reads the DB_CONFIG file in the current working directory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack involving a setgid or setuid application that uses this module.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/39165, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:077, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-922-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0776, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0841, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0903, http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038760.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39132, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnss-db/+bug/531976, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10727, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6681

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High