vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-10140): Berkeley DB vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 21, 2017 | Nov 22, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 21, 2017
Added
Nov 22, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-db4-8-utilubuntu-upgrade-db5-1-utilubuntu-upgrade-db5-3-utilubuntu-upgrade-libdb4-8ubuntu-upgrade-libdb5-1ubuntu-upgrade-libdb5-3
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