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CVE-2017-10140

libdb: Reads DB_CONFIG from the current working directory

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.5

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · June 11, 2017

Updated · September 21, 2026

Description

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.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of libdb as shipped with Red Hat Satellite 6.0, 6.1 and 6.2. This package no longer ships with Satellite 6.3. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having security impact of Moderate. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Do not use an application using libdb if an untrusted user can create a DB_CONFIG file in its working directory.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE not specified