CVE-2018-17188
published 2019-01-02CVE-2018-17188: Prior to CouchDB version 2.3.0, CouchDB allowed for runtime-configuration of key components of the database. In some cases, this lead to vulnerabilities where…
PriorityP342high7.2CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
3.23%
86.8th percentile
Prior to CouchDB version 2.3.0, CouchDB allowed for runtime-configuration of key components of the database. In some cases, this lead to vulnerabilities where CouchDB admin users could access the underlying operating system as the CouchDB user. Together with other vulnerabilities, it allowed full system entry for unauthenticated users. Rather than waiting for new vulnerabilities to be discovered, and fixing them as they come up, the CouchDB development team decided to make changes to avoid this entire class of vulnerabilities.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | couchdb | < 2.3.0 | 2.3.0 |
| apache_software_foundation | apache_couchdb | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.2HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.5MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.2HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-6c69-f4qc-5997: Prior to CouchDB version 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-17188 [HIGH] GHSA-6c69-f4qc-5997: Prior to CouchDB version 2
Prior to CouchDB version 2.3.0, CouchDB allowed for runtime-configuration of key components of the database. In some cases, this lead to vulnerabilities where CouchDB admin users could access the underlying operating system as the CouchDB user. Together with other vulnerabilities, it allowed full system entry for unauthenticated users. Rather than waiting for new vulnerabilities to be discovered, and fixing them as they come up, the CouchDB development team decided to make changes to avoid this entire class of vulnerabilities.
OSV
CVE-2018-17188: Prior to CouchDB version 2
osv·2019-01-02·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2018-17188 [HIGH] CVE-2018-17188: Prior to CouchDB version 2
Prior to CouchDB version 2.3.0, CouchDB allowed for runtime-configuration of key components of the database. In some cases, this lead to vulnerabilities where CouchDB admin users could access the underlying operating system as the CouchDB user. Together with other vulnerabilities, it allowed full system entry for unauthenticated users. Rather than waiting for new vulnerabilities to be discovered, and fixing them as they come up, the CouchDB development team decided to make changes to avoid this entire class of vulnerabilities.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17188 couchdb: Remote Privilege Escalations
bugzilla·2018-12-18·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2018-17188 [HIGH] CVE-2018-17188 couchdb: Remote Privilege Escalations
CVE-2018-17188 couchdb: Remote Privilege Escalations
Prior to CouchDB version 2.3.0, CouchDB allowed for runtime-configuration of key components of the database. In some cases, this lead to vulnerabilities where CouchDB admin users could access the underlying operating system as the CouchDB user. Together with other vulnerabilities, it allowed full system entry for unauthenticated users.
References:
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/255
Discussion:
Created couchdb tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1660481]
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17188 couchdb: Remote Privilege Escalations [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-12-18·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2018-17188 [HIGH] CVE-2018-17188 couchdb: Remote Privilege Escalations [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-17188 couchdb: Remote Privilege Escalations [fedora-all]
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that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
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NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora.
https://blog.couchdb.org/2018/12/17/cve-2018-17188/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S5FPHVVU5KMRFKQTJPAM3TBGC7LKCWQS/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3JOUCX7LHDV4YWZDQNXT5NTKKRANZQW/https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_ushttps://blog.couchdb.org/2018/12/17/cve-2018-17188/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S5FPHVVU5KMRFKQTJPAM3TBGC7LKCWQS/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3JOUCX7LHDV4YWZDQNXT5NTKKRANZQW/https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us
2019-01-02
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