VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-0826
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…
LOW 1.9EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- piotr roszatycki/libnss-db
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.