Remote Code Execution via DNS Cache Poisoning

CVE-2016-10152 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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