{"id":"CVE-2016-10151","details":"The hesiod_init function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 compares EUID with UID to determine whether to use configurations from environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) HESIOD_CONFIG or (2) HES_DOMAIN environment variable and leveraging certain SUID/SGUID binary.","modified":"2026-07-08T12:43:11.285624Z","published":"2017-03-01T20:59:00.160Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332508"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/9"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/achernya/hesiod","events":[{"introduced":"30fa0206c7b1cdae5cd7200cdf1feb03838cf3af"},{"last_affected":"30fa0206c7b1cdae5cd7200cdf1feb03838cf3af"}],"database_specific":{"source":"CPE_STRING","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:hesiod_project:hesiod:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"3.2.1"},{"last_affected":"3.2.1"}]}}],"versions":["3.2.1","hesiod-3.2.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10151.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}