CVE-2010-0015

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0015
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-01-14 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionnis/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc 2.10.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'Re: [oss-security] CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
#560333 - libc6: getpwnam shows shadow passwords of NIS users - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: glibc (SUSE-SA:2010:052) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:112 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
'Re: [oss-security] CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
oss-security - CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-glibc/glibc-package/trunk/debian/patches/any/subm... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.debian.org
Bug 11134 – getpwnam shows shadow passwords of NIS users af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:111 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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