Use of Hard-coded Affecting hesiod package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-HESIOD-1346775
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed3 May 2016
Introduced: 3 May 2016
CVE-2016-10151 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 hesiod.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hesiod package and not the hesiod package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.