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CVE-2010-0015

Published: Jan 14, 2010 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
3.3 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0015
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/255.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
GlibcGnu2.7 (including)2.7 (including)
GlibcGnu2.10.2 (including)2.10.2 (including)
EglibcUbuntukarmic*
EglibcUbuntuupstream*
GlibcUbuntudapper*
GlibcUbuntuhardy*
GlibcUbuntuintrepid*
GlibcUbuntujaunty*
GlibcUbuntuupstream*

References

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