CVE-2010-0015 | BDVDB-2026-40028 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/11/6
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560333
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/1
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html
- http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-glibc/glibc-package/trunk/debian/patches/any/submitted-nis-shadow.diff?revision=4062&view=markup
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:112
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126320570505651&w=2
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11134
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126320356003425&w=2
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.