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Credentials Management Affecting glibc package, versions <2.10.2-4

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 2.28% (90th percentile)
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NVD
7.3 high
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-GLIBC-356691
  • published 14 Jan 2010
  • disclosed 14 Jan 2010
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Introduced: 14 Jan 2010

CVE-2010-0015 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-255 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 glibc to version 2.10.2-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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