CVE-2017-12636
CVE-2017-12636
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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.
CVSS 7.2 · High · EPSS 90.6% · Public exploit
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
apache couchdb
- Versions
- 1.2.0 to 1.6.1: Affected
- 2.0.0 to 2.1.0: Affected
No fix published
couchdb Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.6.0-0ubuntu7
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
Original sources
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44913/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00026.html
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12636