UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10152
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Summary:
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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10152, https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/10, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10152
Affected packages
Package
Name: hesiod
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1
Affected versions
3.2.1-3
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
