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CVE-2010-0015
nis/nss_nis/nis-pwd.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.7 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) 2.10.2 adds information from the…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
nis/nss_nis/nis-pwd.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.7 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) 2.10.2 adds information from the passwd.adjunct.byname map to entries in the passwd map, which allows remote attackers to obtain the encrypted passwords of NIS accounts by calling the getpwnam function.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 31 days later
· 31 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- MDVSA-2010:111 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100109 Re: CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100107 CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100111 Re: CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560333 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100108 Re: CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-glibc/glibc-package/trunk/debian/patches/any/submitted-nis-shadow.diff?revision=4062&view=markup (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:112 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100111 Re: CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11134 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100111 Re: CVE id request: GNU libc: NIS shadow password leakage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0047 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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