Important: libdb

Issue Overview:

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)

Affected Packages:

libdb

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update libdb to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    libdb-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    libdb-utils-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    libdb-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    libdb-devel-static-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    libdb-cxx-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    libdb-cxx-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    libdb-tcl-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    libdb-tcl-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    libdb-sql-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    libdb-sql-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    libdb-java-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    libdb-java-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    libdb-debuginfo-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    libdb-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    libdb-utils-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    libdb-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    libdb-devel-static-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    libdb-cxx-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    libdb-cxx-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    libdb-tcl-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    libdb-tcl-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    libdb-sql-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    libdb-sql-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    libdb-java-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    libdb-java-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    libdb-debuginfo-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.i686  
  
noarch:  
    libdb-devel-doc-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.noarch  
  
src:  
    libdb-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.src  
  
x86_64:  
    libdb-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    libdb-utils-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    libdb-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    libdb-devel-static-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    libdb-cxx-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    libdb-cxx-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    libdb-tcl-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    libdb-tcl-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    libdb-sql-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    libdb-sql-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    libdb-java-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    libdb-java-devel-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    libdb-debuginfo-5.3.21-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2017-10140

Mitre: CVE-2017-10140