CVE-2016-10151
hesiod: Weak SUID check allowing privilege elevation
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · May 3, 2016
Updated · May 13, 2026
Description
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.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 · 3.7AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-547 · Use of Hard-coded, Security-relevant Constants