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

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Berkeley DB could be made to expose sensitive information. 
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4004-1
June 04, 2019

db5.3 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

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.

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

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

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

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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

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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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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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