CVE-2017-10140 Affecting libdb-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-LIBDBDEVEL-1973219
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Jun 2017

Introduced: 11 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-10140  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 libdb-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libdb-devel package and not the libdb-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 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.