VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2010-0015
CVSS score7.5 NONE
EPSS probability3.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-01-14
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-255