Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-10140 - Unspecified vulnerability in Postfix

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
postfix
nessus
NVD
Published: 2018-04-16
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Postfix
204

Nessus

  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1137.NASL
    descriptionIt 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. For Debian 7
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2017-10-19
    plugin id103949
    published2017-10-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/103949
    titleDebian DLA-1137-1 : db4.7 security update
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1137-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(103949);
  script_version("3.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-10140");

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1137-1 : db4.7 security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"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.

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.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/10/msg00015.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/db4.7"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Upgrade the affected db4.7-util package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:db4.7-util");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/10/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/10/19");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"db4.7-util", reference:"4.7.25-21+deb7u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1135.NASL
    descriptionIt 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. For Debian 7
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2017-10-19
    plugin id103947
    published2017-10-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/103947
    titleDebian DLA-1135-1 : db security update
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1135-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(103947);
  script_version("3.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-10140");

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1135-1 : db security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"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.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version
5.1.29-5+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your db packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/10/msg00013.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/db"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:db5.1-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:db5.1-sql-util");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:db5.1-util");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1++");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1++-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1-java");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1-java-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1-java-gcj");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1-java-jni");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1-sql");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1-sql-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1-stl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1-stl-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdb5.1-tcl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/10/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/10/19");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"db5.1-doc", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"db5.1-sql-util", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"db5.1-util", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1++", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1++-dev", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1-dbg", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1-dev", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1-java", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1-java-dev", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1-java-gcj", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1-java-jni", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1-sql", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1-sql-dev", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1-stl", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1-stl-dev", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libdb5.1-tcl", reference:"5.1.29-5+deb7u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1974.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the libdb packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2017-10140) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-08
    modified2019-09-23
    plugin id129131
    published2019-09-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129131
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP5 : libdb (EulerOS-SA-2019-1974)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3489-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that Berkeley DB incorrectly handled certain configuration files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id104739
    published2017-11-22
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104739
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.04 : db5.3 vulnerability (USN-3489-1)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SECUPD2017-004.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running Mac OS X 10.11.6 or Mac OS X 10.12.6 and is missing a security update. It is therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities affecting the following components : - 802.1X - apache - AppleScript - ATS - Audio - CFString - CoreText - curl - Dictionary Widget - file - Fonts - fsck_msdos - HFS - Heimdal - HelpViewer - ImageIO - Kernel - libarchive - Open Scripting Architecture - PCRE - Postfix - Quick Look - QuickTime - Remote Management - Sandbox - StreamingZip - tcpdump - Wi-Fi
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id104379
    published2017-11-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104379
    titlemacOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2017-001 and 2017-004)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOS_10_13.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is prior to 10.10.5, 10.11.x prior to 10.11.6, 10.12.x prior to 10.12.6, or is not macOS 10.13. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - apache - AppSandbox - AppleScript - Application Firewall - ATS - Audio - CFNetwork - CFNetwork Proxies - CFString - Captive Network Assistant - CoreAudio - CoreText - DesktopServices - Directory Utility - file - Fonts - fsck_msdos - HFS - Heimdal - HelpViewer - IOFireWireFamily - ImageIO - Installer - Kernel - kext tools - libarchive - libc - libexpat - Mail - Mail Drafts - ntp - Open Scripting Architecture - PCRE - Postfix - Quick Look - QuickTime - Remote Management - SQLite - Sandbox - Screen Lock - Security - Spotlight - WebKit - zlib Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id103598
    published2017-10-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/103598
    titlemacOS < 10.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2020-1535.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the libdb packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2017-10140) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-08
    modified2020-05-01
    plugin id136238
    published2020-05-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136238
    titleEulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : libdb (EulerOS-SA-2020-1535)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2018-1205.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the postfix packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2017-10140) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-06
    modified2018-07-03
    plugin id110869
    published2018-07-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110869
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP3 : postfix (EulerOS-SA-2018-1205)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1136.NASL
    descriptionIt 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. For Debian 7
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2017-10-19
    plugin id103948
    published2017-10-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/103948
    titleDebian DLA-1136-1 : db4.8 security update
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2018-1204.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the postfix packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2017-10140) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-06
    modified2018-07-03
    plugin id110868
    published2018-07-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110868
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP2 : postfix (EulerOS-SA-2018-1204)

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2019:0366

References