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CVE-2017-10140

Published: Apr 16, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10140
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PostfixPostfix*2.11.10 (excluding)
PostfixPostfix3.0.0 (including)3.0.10 (excluding)
PostfixPostfix3.1.0 (including)3.1.6 (excluding)
PostfixPostfix3.2.0 (including)3.2.2 (excluding)
Text-Only JBCSRedHatdb4*
DbUbuntutrusty*
DbUbuntuupstream*
Db5.3Ubuntuartful*
Db5.3Ubuntubionic*
Db5.3Ubuntucosmic*
Db5.3Ubuntudevel*
Db5.3Ubuntudisco*
Db5.3Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Db5.3Ubuntuesm-infra/bionic*
Db5.3Ubuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Db5.3Ubuntutrusty*
Db5.3Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Db5.3Ubuntuvivid/ubuntu-core*
Db5.3Ubuntuxenial*
Db5.3Ubuntuzesty*
Db6.0Ubuntutrusty*
Db6.0Ubuntuupstream*

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