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hesiod

Vendor: Hesiod Project • 2 CVEs

CVEs (2)

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CVE-2016-10152
1Hesiod Project
1Hesiod
May 13, 2026
Mar 28, 2017
N/A· v4
9.8 CRITICAL· v3
10.0 HIGH· v2
The read_config_file function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 falls back to the ".athena.mit.edu" default domain when opening the configuration file fails, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges by poisoni...Show more
The read_config_file function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 falls back to the ".athena.mit.edu" default domain when opening the configuration file fails, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges by poisoning the DNS cache.Show less
CVE-2016-10151
1Hesiod Project
1Hesiod
May 13, 2026
Mar 1, 2017
N/A· v4
7.0 HIGH· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
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...Show more
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.Show less