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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 1.9/10
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038760.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39165Vendor Advisory
- 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/2010/0776Vendor 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
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038760.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39165Vendor Advisory
- 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/2010/0776Vendor 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
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 5, 2010
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified