<p>Upgrade <code>Amazon-Linux:2</code> <code>libdb</code> to version 0:5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ALAS2-2023-1965</code>.</p>

CVE-2017-10140 Affecting libdb package, versions <0:5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.04% (6^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-LIBDB-3342993
published 7 Mar 2023
disclosed 16 Apr 2018

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Introduced: 16 Apr 2018

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How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libdb 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 package and not the libdb 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.