Information disclosure in Oracle Berkeley DB - CVE-2017-10140

Vulnerability identifier: #VU9425

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10140

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper handling of certain configuration files. A remote attacker can read arbitrary data.

Oracle Berkeley DB
Arch Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Ubuntu
db4

Install update from vendor's website.

Oracle Berkeley DB - update to 6.1.38
db4 - update to 4.7.25-22.13

• https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-userland/pull/3761
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html?3188

• Information disclosure in Oracle Berkeley DB
• Ubuntu update for Berkeley DB
• Ubuntu update for Berkeley DB
• Arch Linux update for exim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Berkeley DB
• Amazon Linux AMI update for db4