CVE-2018-8007

Summary

CVECVE-2018-8007
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-11 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:01:00 UTC
DescriptionApache CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Due to insufficient validation of administrator-supplied configuration settings via the HTTP API, it is possible for a CouchDB administrator user to escalate their privileges to that of the operating system's user that CouchDB runs under, by bypassing the blacklist of configuration settings that are not allowed to be modified via the HTTP API. This privilege escalation effectively allows an existing CouchDB admin user to gain arbitrary remote code execution, bypassing already disclosed CVE-2017-12636. Mitigation: All users should upgrade to CouchDB releases 1.7.2 or 2.1.2.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Couchdb All All All All
Application Apache Couchdb All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM support.hpe.com
[ANNOUNCE] Apache CouchDB 1.7.2 released MLIST mail-archives.apache.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CouchDB: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201812-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Apache CouchDB CVE-2018-8007 – CouchDB Blog CONFIRM blog.couchdb.org Third Party Advisory
[ANNOUNCE] Apache CouchDB 2.1.2 released mail-archives.apache.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: couchdb-3.0.0-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: couchdb-3.0.0-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: couchdb-3.0.0-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[ANNOUNCE] Apache CouchDB 2.1.2 released MLIST mail-archives.apache.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Advisory: CVE-2018-8007 – Apache CouchDB Remote Code Execution – MDSec MISC www.mdsec.co.uk Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: couchdb-3.0.0-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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