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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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
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-03-01T20:59:00.160
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:43:25.307
Link: CVE-2016-10151
Redhat