CVE-2010-0015

N/A Unknown
Published: January 14, 2010 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560333
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126320356003425&w=2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126320570505651&w=2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11134
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-glibc/glibc-package/trunk/debian/patches/any/submitted-nis-shadow.diff?revision=4062&view=markup
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:112
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/3
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/11/6
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560333
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126320356003425&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126320570505651&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11134
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-glibc/glibc-package/trunk/debian/patches/any/submitted-nis-shadow.diff?revision=4062&view=markup
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:112
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/11/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.5%
81th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-255

Affected Vendors

gnu

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