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CVE-2017-10140

Publication date 14 August 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
db 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
db4.8 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
db5.3 19.04 disco
Fixed 5.3.28-13.1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 5.3.28-13.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.28-13.1
17.10 artful
Fixed 5.3.28-13.1
17.04 zesty
Fixed 5.3.28-12ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1
db6.0 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes


sbeattie

see oss-sec for pam_ccreds example

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
db5.3
db6.0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3489-1
    • Berkeley DB vulnerability
    • 21 November 2017
    • USN-3489-2
    • Berkeley DB vulnerability
    • 21 November 2017

Other references