Improper access control in Oracle Berkeley DB - CVE-2017-3604

 

Improper access control in Oracle Berkeley DB - CVE-2017-3604

Published: April 6, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11604
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3604
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
Oracle Berkeley DB

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists in the Data Store component due to improper access control. A local attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-3604

Update to version 6.2.32.

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