MGASA-2017-0380

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    MGASA-2017-0380

    Published: 19 Oct 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-10140

    Summary: Updated db48 and db53 packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was found that Berkeley DB reads the DB_CONFIG configuration file from the current working directory by default. This happens when calling db_create() with dbenv=NULL; or using the dbm_open() function (CVE-2017-10140).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0380.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21203, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/12/1, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/4JKFB2V7HP5V4KCYKSXMTWUDWUWQOV3S/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: db48

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/db48?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.8.30-18.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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