# CVE-2010-0826: The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Berkeley DB NSS module (aka libnss-db) 2.2.3pre1 reads the DB\_CONFIG file in the current working director

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-04-05 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

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

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