Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 14, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-0015
CVE-2010-0015
Description
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.
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References
12- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- marc.infonvd
- marc.infonvd
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-glibc/glibc-package/trunk/debian/patches/any/submitted-nis-shadow.diffnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/3nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/2nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/11/6nvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.htmlnvd
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