CVE-2010-0015
N/A
Published: January 14, 2010 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:15 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlibc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
nis/nss_nis/nis-pwd.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.7 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) 2.10.2 adds information from the passwd.adjunct.byname map to entries in the passwd map, which allows remote attackers to obtain the encrypted passwords of NIS accounts by calling the getpwnam function.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126320356003425&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126320570505651&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:112Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/3Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-255
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