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CVE-2018-11769

Published: Aug 8, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo
7.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
8.2%
Top 5.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

CouchDB administrative users before 2.2.0 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 under which CouchDB runs, by bypassing the blacklist of configuration settings that are not allowed to be modified via the HTTP API. This privilege escalation effectively allows a CouchDB admin user to gain arbitrary remote code execution, bypassing CVE-2017-12636 and CVE-2018-8007.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

apache
oss-project·USaka apache http server, apache httpd
couchdbOn-premDatabase
Databases / nosql
Apache Software Foundation
oss-project·USaka apache foundation
Apache CouchDBOn-premDatabase
Databases / nosql

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105046
securityfocus.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1052ad7a1b32b9756df4f7860f5cb5a96b739f444117325a19a4bf75%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S5FPHVVU5KMRFKQTJPAM3TBGC7LKCWQS/
lists.fedoraproject.org
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