Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 5, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-0826
CVE-2010-0826
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.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:piotr_roszatycki:libnss-db:2.2.3:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: =2.2.3pre1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- secunia.com/advisories/39165nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0776nvdVendor Advisory
- kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/indexnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038760.htmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/39132nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-922-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0841nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0903nvd
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnss-db/+bug/531976nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10727nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6681nvd
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