CVE-2017-10140 Affecting db5.3 package, versions <5.3.28-12+deb9u1
Threat Intelligence
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- published16 Apr 2018
- disclosed16 Apr 2018
Introduced: 16 Apr 2018
CVE-2017-10140 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 db5.3 to version 5.3.28-12+deb9u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream db5.3 package and not the db5.3 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-10140
- http://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-3.2.2.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/285
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0366
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-10140