Credentials management in GNU C Library (glibc) - CVE-2010-0015
Published: December 7, 2016 / Updated: June 3, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110126
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0015
CWE-ID: CWE-255
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
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.
Affected software
GNU C Library (glibc)
How to mitigate CVE-2010-0015
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560333
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126320356003425&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126320570505651&w=2
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11134
- http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-glibc/glibc-package/trunk/debian/patches/any/submitted-nis-shadow.diff?revision=4062&view=markup
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:112
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/11/6
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html