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glibc — security advisory
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.
- Products
- glibc
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.10.2-4
- CVEs
- CVE-2010-0015
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:05 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0015
glibc
Fixed versions: 2.10.2-4
glibc
Fixed versions: 2.10.2-4
glibc
Fixed versions: 2.10.2-4
Complete source record
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