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Unscored CVE-2018-8007 EUVD-2018-19718GHSA-mqj2-xj98-r5xp

Apache CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Due to insufficient validation of administrator-supplied…

Published Jul 11, 2018 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by apache

Vendor: Apache Software Foundation Product: Apache CouchDB Package: couchdb Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

Apache CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Due to insufficient validation of administrator-supplied configuration settings via the HTTP API, it is possible for a CouchDB administrator user to escalate their privileges to that of the operating system's user that CouchDB runs under, by bypassing the blacklist of configuration settings that are not allowed to be modified via the HTTP API. This privilege escalation effectively allows an existing CouchDB admin user to gain arbitrary remote code execution, bypassing already disclosed CVE-2017-12636. Mitigation: All users should upgrade to CouchDB releases 1.7.2 or 2.1.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache CouchDB < 1.7.2, 2.0.0 to 2.1.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS couchdb No fix yet —

SUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 couchdb 1.7.2-3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2765-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 couchdb 1.7.2-2.8.2 SUSE-SU-2018:2578-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 couchdb 1.7.2-2.8.2 SUSE-SU-2018:2578-1

Advisories 2

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