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CVE-2016-10152

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• Hesiod Project Hesiod: through 3.2.1

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332493
• https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/10
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332493
• https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/10
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01

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