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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2019-06-20 | |
| Rule Name: | Apache CouchDB Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12636) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| Description: | 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. | |
| Impact: | An attacker can execute arbitrary code via a successful exploit in the context of the vulnerable software. | |
| Affected OS: | Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Other Unix, Network Device, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Others | |
| Reference: | ExploitDB:44913 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67@%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00026.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16 |
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| Solutions |
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| The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67@%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E |