Debian 7 Advisory DLA-1137-1 Critical: db4.7 Info Leak Fix
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
4.7.25-21+deb7u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your db4.7 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: db4.7
Version: 4.7.25-21+deb7u1
CVE ID: CVE-2017-10140
Debian Bug: 872436
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