Piotr Roszatycki libnss-db 2.2.3 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Piotr Roszatycki libnss-db 2.2.3. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0826. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Piotr Roszatycki libnss-db 2.2.3. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 04/05/2010 by Stephane Chazelas (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0826. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68030 (Oracle Linux 5 : nss_db (ELSA-2010-0347)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118569 (VMware ESX Third Party Updates for Service Console (VMSA-2010-0015)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (57497), Tenable (68030), SecurityFocus (BID 39132†), Secunia (SA39165†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25277†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-50590 and VDB-53465. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 68030
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 : nss_db (ELSA-2010-0347)
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OpenVAS ID: 880644
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for nss_db CESA-2010:0347 centos5 i386
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03/31/2010 +28 days 🔍
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04/06/2010 +1 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +615 days 🔍
05/05/2026 +4064 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.launchpad.net
Researcher: Stephane Chazelas
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0826 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0826
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52576

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X-Force: 57497
SecurityFocus: 39132 - GNU libnss_db Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 39165
Vulnerability Center: 25277 - GNU libnss_db 2.2.3 Local Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/05/2026 01:15
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (62), 02/22/2017 11:02 (9), 09/07/2021 06:53 (4), 09/07/2021 07:06 (1), 05/05/2026 01:15 (15)
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