UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10140

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10140
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10140.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10140
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Published
2017-08-14T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:18Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / db5.3

Package

Name
db5.3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/db5.3@5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.3.21-2
5.3.28-2
5.3.28-3
5.3.28-3ubuntu1
5.3.28-3ubuntu2
5.3.28-3ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "db5.3-sql-util"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "db5.3-util"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3++"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3++-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-java-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-java-gcj"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-java-jni"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-sql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-sql-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-stl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-stl-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-tcl"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / db5.3

Package

Name
db5.3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/db5.3@5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.3.28-11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "db5.3-sql-util"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "db5.3-util"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3++"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3++-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-java-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-java-gcj"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-java-jni"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-sql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-sql-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-stl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-stl-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-tcl"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / db5.3

Package

Name
db5.3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/db5.3@5.3.28-13.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.3.28-13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "db5.3-sql-util"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "db5.3-util"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3++"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3++-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-java-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-java-jni"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-sql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-sql-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-stl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-stl-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.3.28-13.1",
            "binary_name": "libdb5.3-tcl"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}