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CVE-2018-17188

Published: Jan 2, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo
7.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.2%
Top 13.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Workaround Only
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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

Exploitability

Workaround Available
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References

https://blog.couchdb.org/2018/12/17/cve-2018-17188/
blog.couchdb.org
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us
support.hpe.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3JOUCX7LHDV4YWZDQNXT5NTKKRANZQW/
lists.fedoraproject.org
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