CVE-2016-10151

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The hesiod_init function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 compares EUID with UID to determine whether to use configurations from environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) HESIOD_CONFIG or (2) HES_DOMAIN environment variable and leveraging certain SUID/SGUID binary.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.0/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332508Issue Tracking
https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332508Issue Tracking
https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01

Timeline

Published: Mar 1, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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