The hesiod_init function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 compares EUID with UID to determine whether to use configurations from environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) HESIOD_CONFIG or (2) HES_DOMAIN environment variable and leveraging certain SUID/SGUID binary.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-01T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:14:42.679Z

Reserved: 2017-01-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-10151

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-01T20:59:00.160

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:43:25.307

Link: CVE-2016-10151

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10151 - Bugzilla