CVE-2017-12636

CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Some of the configuration options include paths for operating system-level binaries that are subsequently launched by CouchDB. This allows an admin user in Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 and 2.x before 2.1.1 to execute arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB user, including downloading and executing scripts from the public internet.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.2 High

Status

Modified - security@apache.org

Published

2017-11-14

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected products

• Couchdb (Apache)
• Apache Couchdb (Apache Software Foundation)

References

• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.o…
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00026.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44913/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019/