GLSA-201805-01 : hesiod: Root privilege escalation

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201805-01 hesiod: Root privilege escalation Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in hesiod that have remained unaddressed. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. Impact : A remote or local attacker may ...

libhesiod Read Config File Privilege Escalation

The vulnerability of the readconfigfile function lib/hesiod.c in the daemon for accessing DNS databases, Hesiod, is related to the tendency to revert to the default domain “.athena.mit.edu” in case of an error during the opening of the configuration file. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow...