CVE-2016-10152

Publication date 28 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The read_config_file function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 falls back to the ".athena.mit.edu" default domain when opening the configuration file fails, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges by poisoning the DNS cache.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
hesiod	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Fixed 3.2.1-3.1~build0.18.10.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 3.2.1-3.1~build0.18.04.1
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2016-10152

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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