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.
Published: 2010-04-05
Score: 1.9 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-0852 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-922-1 libnss-db vulnerability
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Piotr Roszatycki Libnss-db
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:59:39.351Z

Reserved: 2010-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-0826

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-04-05T15:30:01.187

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-0826

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-0826 - Bugzilla

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