6.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.023 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.4%
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.
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560333
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11134
svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-glibc/glibc-package/trunk/debian/patches/any/submitted-nis-shadow.diff?revision=4062&view=markup
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:112
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/3
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/11/6
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html
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