Debian 7 LTS: DLA-1135-1 Severe Security Risk: db Data Leakage Issue
debian lts
October 18, 2017
It was found that the Berkeley DB reads DB_CONFIG from the current working directory, leading to information leak by tricking privileged processes into reading arbitrary files
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Summary
For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
5.1.29-5+deb7u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your db packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package: db
Version: 5.1.29-5+deb7u1
CVE ID: CVE-2017-10140
Debian Bug: 872436
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