FKIE_CVE-2010-0826
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-04-05 15:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:16
Severity
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| piotr_roszatycki | libnss-db | 2.2.3 |
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