# CVE-2017-10140: 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 levera

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-04-16 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/285
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0366
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- http://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-3.2.2.html

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