PT-2019-9408 · Apache · Couchdb

Published 2019-01-02 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-17188

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CouchDB versions prior to 2.3.0

Description The issue allowed CouchDB admin users to access the underlying operating system as the CouchDB user, potentially leading to full system entry for unauthenticated users when combined with other vulnerabilities. This was due to the runtime-configuration of key database components. The CouchDB development team made changes to prevent this class of vulnerabilities.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.3.0, update to version 2.3.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-17188

Affected Products

Couchdb

References · 10

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17188 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3JOUCX7LHDV4YWZDQNXT5NTKKRANZQW · Vendor Advisory
• https://blog.couchdb.org/2018/12/17/cve-2018-17188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17188 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S5FPHVVU5KMRFKQTJPAM3TBGC7LKCWQS · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us · Note
• https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/17/1 · Note