CVE-2017-10140
N/A
Published: April 16, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPostfix
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2.11.103.0.0 ≤ v < 3.0.103.1.0 ≤ v < 3.1.63.2.0 ≤ v < 3.2.2
Affected range stops below 2.11.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.1.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/285x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-3.2.2.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0366Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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