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CVE-2010-0826 Detail

Description

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Berkeley DB NSS module (aka libnss-db) 2.2.3pre1 reads the DB_CONFIG file in the current working directory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack involving a setgid or setuid application that uses this module.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  04/05/2010

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.9 LOW
Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

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Hyperlink Resource
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038760.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:077
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39132
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-922-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0776 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0841
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0903
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnss-db/+bug/531976
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10727
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6681

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10727
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10727
Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6681
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6681

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:piotr_roszatycki:libnss-db:2.2.3:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-0826
NVD Published Date:
04/05/2010
NVD Last Modified:
09/18/2017