[USN-4004-1] Berkeley DB vulnerability

[Leonidas S. Barbosa]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4004-1
June 04, 2019

db5.3 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Berkeley DB could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- db5.3: Berkeley DB Utilities

Details:

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

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  db5.3-sql-util                  5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1
  db5.3-util                      5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1
  libdb5.3                        5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1
  libdb5.3-sql                    5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1
  libdb5.3-sql-dev                5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  db5.3-sql-util                  5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1
  db5.3-util                      5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1
  libdb5.3                        5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1
  libdb5.3-sql                    5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1
  libdb5.3-sql-dev                5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  db5.3-sql-util                  5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1
  db5.3-util                      5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1
  libdb5.3                        5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1
  libdb5.3-sql                    5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1
  libdb5.3-sql-dev                5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  db5.3-sql-util                  5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2
  db5.3-util                      5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2
  libdb5.3                        5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2
  libdb5.3-sql                    5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2
  libdb5.3-sql-dev                5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2

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

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4004-1
  CVE-2019-8457

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/db5.3/5.3.28+dfsg1-0.5ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/db5.3/5.3.28+dfsg1-0.1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/db5.3/5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/db5.3/5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2
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