Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation / Apache CouchDB | affected 1.2.0 to 1.6.1; affected 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- 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
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- 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