Is CVE-2017-10140 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-10140 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-10140?

CVE-2017-10140 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-10140?

CVE-2017-10140 has an EPSS score of 0.57% (43th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-10140?

Upgrade db5.3 on debian 11 to 5.3.28-13.1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-10140

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Postfix before 2.11.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging undocumented functionality in Berkeley DB 2.x and later, related to reading settings from DB_CONFIG in the current directory.

How to fix

Remediation Available

db5.3Debian

Fixed in:5.3.28-13.1CVE-2017-10140

db5.3Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1USN-3489-1

Fixed in:5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1USN-3489-1

db5.3-utilUbuntu

Fixed in:5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1USN-3489-1

Fixed in:5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1USN-3489-1

libdb5.3Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1USN-3489-1

Fixed in:5.3.28-11ubuntu0.1USN-3489-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

43rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 43% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

seclists.org

Vendor Advisory1

postfix.org

Third-Party Advisory1

access.redhat.com

Other references1

oracle.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.