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USN-3489-2: Berkeley DB vulnerability

21 November 2017

Berkeley DB could be made to expose sensitive information.

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Releases

Packages

  • db - Berkeley v5.1 Database Utilities
  • db4.8 - Berkeley v4.8 Database Utilities

Details

USN-3489-1 fixed a vulnerability in Berkeley DB. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Berkeley DB incorrectly handled certain configuration files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

Related notices

  • USN-3489-1: libdb5.3-dev, db5.3-doc, db5.3, libdb5.3++, libdb5.3-sql-dev, libdb5.3, libdb5.3-java-dev, libdb5.3-java-gcj, libdb5.3-tcl, db5.3-util, libdb5.3-stl, libdb5.3++-dev, db5.3-sql-util, libdb5.3-java-jni, libdb5.3-java, libdb5.3-sql, libdb5.3-stl-dev