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CVE-2016-10151
HIGH · CVSS 7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-01T20:59:00.160 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:39:09.627

Summary

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.

Affected products

hesiod_project — hesiod

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References

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