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Ubuntu 19.04: USN-4004-1 Critical: db5.3 Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey June 4, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
PostgreSQL installations on Ubuntu systems may inadvertently leak critical data; it is essential to implement an update for safeguarding against potential vulnerabilities.
Berkeley DB could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

Berkeley DB could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

- db5.3: Berkeley DB Utilities

Details:

It was discovered that Berkeley DB incorrectly handled certain inputs.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive

information.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Ubuntu update instructions information exposure sensitive information db5.3

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
  db5.3-sql-util                  5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1
  db5.3-util                      5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1
  libdb5.3                        5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1
  libdb5.3-sql                    5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1
  libdb5.3-sql-dev                5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  db5.3-sql-util                  5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1
  db5.3-util                      5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1
  libdb5.3                        5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1
  libdb5.3-sql                    5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1
  libdb5.3-sql-dev                5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  db5.3-sql-util                  5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1
  db5.3-util                      5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1
  libdb5.3                        5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1
  libdb5.3-sql                    5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1
  libdb5.3-sql-dev                5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  db5.3-sql-util                  5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2
  db5.3-util                      5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2
  libdb5.3                        5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2
  libdb5.3-sql                    5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2
  libdb5.3-sql-dev                5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4004-1

  CVE-2019-8457

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June 04, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Ubuntu update instructions information exposure sensitive information db5.3

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/db5.3/5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/db5.3/5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/db5.3/5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/db5.3/5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2

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