CVE-2010-0826

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2010-04-01
Bugzilla:
580187: CVE-2010-0826 nss_db: Information leak due the DB_CONFIG file read from current working directory

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2010-0826 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 1.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (nss_db) RHSA-2010:0347 2010-04-13

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