CVE-2010-0826

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0903
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnss-db/+bug/531976
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6681
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10727
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:077
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39165
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-922-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0841
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038760.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0776
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39132

References

• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0903
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnss-db/+bug/531976
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6681
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10727
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:077
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39165
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-922-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0841
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038760.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0776
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39132

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