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.
References (12)
Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0903
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnss-db/+bug/531976
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6681
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10727
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:077
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39165
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-922-1
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0841
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038760.html
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0776
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39132
Scores
EPSS
0.0038
EPSS Percentile
29.7%
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (1)
piotr_roszatycki/libnss-db
2.2.3 pre1
Published
Apr 05, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026