CVE catalog
CVE-2016-10151
hesiod: CVE-2016-10151
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.39% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | hesiod | sid | 3.2.1-5 | fixed |
| Debian | hesiod | forky | 3.2.1-5 | fixed |
| Debian | hesiod | trixie | 3.2.1-5 | fixed |
| Debian | hesiod | bookworm | 3.2.1-4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | hesiod | 16.04 | 3.2.1-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | hesiod | 16.04 | 3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | hesiod | 18.04 | 3.2.1-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | hesiod | 18.04 | 3.2.1-3build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | hesiod | 18.04 | 3.2.1-3.1~build0.18.04.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | hesiod | source | sid | 3.2.1-3.1 | low | Not reported | [852094] |
| Debian | hesiod | source | forky | 3.2.1-3.1 | low | Not reported | [852094] |
| Debian | hesiod | source | trixie | 3.2.1-3.1 | low | Not reported | [852094] |
| Debian | hesiod | source | bookworm | 3.2.1-3.1 | low | Not reported | [852094] |
| Ubuntu | hesiod | deb | 16.04 | 3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10151 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | hesiod | deb | 18.04 | 3.2.1-3.1~build0.18.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10151 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [hesiod]Fixed
Details (2)
3.2.1-4· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.2.1-3.1dsa · hesiod · debian · bookworm; dsa · hesiod · debian · 12
3.2.1-4· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.2.1-3.1dsa · hesiod · debian · bookworm; dsa · hesiod · debian · 12
- [libhesiod0]Fixed
Source package: [hesiod]
Details (2)
3.2.1-4· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.2.1-3.1dsa · hesiod · debian · bookworm; dsa · hesiod · debian · 12
3.2.1-4· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.2.1-3.1dsa · hesiod · debian · bookworm; dsa · hesiod · debian · 12
- [libhesiod-dev]Fixed
Source package: [hesiod]
Details (2)
3.2.1-4· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.2.1-3.1dsa · hesiod · debian · bookworm; dsa · hesiod · debian · 12
3.2.1-4· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.2.1-3.1dsa · hesiod · debian · bookworm; dsa · hesiod · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [hesiod]Fixed
Details (2)
3.2.1-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.2.1-3.1dsa · hesiod · debian · 13
3.2.1-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.2.1-3.1dsa · hesiod · debian · 13
- [libhesiod0]Fixed
Source package: [hesiod]
Details (2)
3.2.1-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.2.1-3.1dsa · hesiod · debian · 13
3.2.1-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.2.1-3.1dsa · hesiod · debian · 13
- [libhesiod-dev]Fixed
Source package: [hesiod]
Details (2)
3.2.1-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.2.1-3.1dsa · hesiod · debian · 13
3.2.1-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.2.1-3.1dsa · hesiod · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10151]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-796-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10151]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10151]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-10151.json]
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