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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1135-1 db security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1136-1 db4.8 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1137-1 db4.7 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-1787 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3489-1 Berkeley DB vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3489-2 Berkeley DB vulnerability
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00282}

epss

{'score': 0.00216}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:33:16.056Z

Reserved: 2017-06-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-10140

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-16T17:29:00.220

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:05:27.960

Link: CVE-2017-10140

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-06-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-10140 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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