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DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0015

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0015 PUBLISHED

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.

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debianglibc
Debian:14glibc0
Debian:12glibc0
Debian:13glibc0

Timeline

  • Jan 14, 2010 CVE Published
  • Oct 23, 2026 CVE Updated
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