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CVE-2017-12636

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-11-14T20:00:00Z
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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.

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No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Apache Software Foundation

Apache CouchDB

Affected Versions:

1.2.0 to 1.6.1 2.0.0 to 2.1.0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-fcpq-cj4x-h8mv

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12636
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67@%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00026.html
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16
WEB https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us
WEB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44913
WEB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: April 20, 2025

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
Published: 2017-11-14T20:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T18:48:31.205Z
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