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CVE-2010-0826 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038760.html	CVE
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnss-db/+bug/531976	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/39165	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10727	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6681	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:077	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39132	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-922-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0776	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0841	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0903	CVE
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038760.html	[email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnss-db/+bug/531976	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/39165	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10727	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6681	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:077	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39132	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-922-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0776	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0841	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0903	[email protected]

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
piotr roszatycki libnss-db	2.2.3 pre1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:piotr_roszatycki:libnss-db:2.2.3:pre1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 8, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 6, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]