Vulnerability in the Data Store component of Oracle Berkeley DB.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 8 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Vulnerability in the Data Store component of Oracle Berkeley DB. Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.138, prior to 6.2.38 and prior to 18.1.32. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker having Local Logon privilege with logon to the infrastructure where Data Store executes to compromise Data Store. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Data Store. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Oracle Berkeley DB (Oracle Corporation) Fixed in 6.138, 6.2.38, 18.1.32
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2021:1675 Released 2021-05-18 · Red Hat rating Lowlibdb security update
- Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) libdb-cxx-5.3.28-40.el8, libdb-cxx-devel-5.3.28-40.el8, libdb-devel-doc-5.3.28-40.el8 +2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libdb-devel-5.3.28-40.el8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) libdb-5.3.28-40.el8, libdb-utils-5.3.28-40.el8
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2021:1675 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2021:1675 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2021:1675 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-2708
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4h5r-2hfh-8prm
References
More Oracle Berkeley Db vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-02879 Unspecified vulnerability in the DataStore component in Oracle Berkeley DB 11.2.5.0.32… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-00623 Unspecified vulnerability in the DataStore component in Oracle Berkeley DB 11.2.5.0.32… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-00621 Unspecified vulnerability in the DataStore component in Oracle Berkeley DB 11.2.5.0.32… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-00618 Unspecified vulnerability in the DataStore component in Oracle Berkeley DB 11.2.5.0.32… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-00611 Unspecified vulnerability in the DataStore component in Oracle Berkeley DB 11.2.5.0.32… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-02668 Vulnerability in the Data Store component of Oracle Berkeley DB. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
Sources
- CVE-2019-2708 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-2708 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4h5r-2hfh-8prm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-2708 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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