CVE-2017-10140 Affecting libdb-devel-static package, versions <0:5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4
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- published7 Mar 2023
- disclosed16 Apr 2018
Introduced: 16 Apr 2018
CVE-2017-10140 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libdb-devel-static to version 0:5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-1965.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libdb-devel-static package and not the libdb-devel-static package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
Postfix before 2.11.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging undocumented functionality in Berkeley DB 2.x and later, related to reading settings from DB_CONFIG in the current directory.