{"id":"UBUNTU-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":"2026-04-22T10:29:02.215633Z","published":"2017-03-01T20:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-10151"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10151"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10151"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"hesiod","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/hesiod@3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["3.2.1-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"hesiod","binary_version":"3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libhesiod0","binary_version":"3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10151.json"}},{"package":{"name":"hesiod","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/hesiod@3.2.1-3.1~build0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.1-3.1~build0.18.04.1"}]}],"versions":["3.2.1-3","3.2.1-3build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"hesiod","binary_version":"3.2.1-3.1~build0.18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libhesiod0","binary_version":"3.2.1-3.1~build0.18.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-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"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}