CVE-2017-10140 Affecting db4 package, versions <0:4.7.25-22.13.amzn1


high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high
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Red Hat
4.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-DB4-5414731
  • published 6 Apr 2023
  • disclosed 16 Apr 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 db4 to version 0:4.7.25-22.13.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2023-1726.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream db4 package and not the db4 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 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.