The vulnerability of the CouchDB database management system stems from differences in how JSON parsers based on Erlang and JavaScript operate. This allows a hacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the server with administrator privileges.

The vulnerability of the CouchDB database management system is related to differences in how JSON-based parsers running on Erlang and JavaScript operate. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor, who operates remotely and is not an administrator of the system, to gain access to...

Debian DLA-1252-1 : couchdb security update

CVE-2017-12635 Prevent non-admin users to give themselves admin privileges. CVE-2017-12636 Blacklist some configuration options to prevent execution of arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB user For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.0-5+deb7u1. We recommend that y...

[SECURITY] [DLA 1252-1] couchdb security update

Package : couchdb Version : 1.2.0-5+deb7u1 CVE ID : CVE-2017-12635 CVE-2017-12636 CVE-2017-12635 Prevent non-admin users to give themselves admin privileges. CVE-2017-12636 Blacklist some configuration options to prevent execution of arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB user For Debian 7...

DLA-1252-1 couchdb - security update

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Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1252-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Fedora 27 : couchdb / erlang-jiffy (2017-a20d92573b)

CouchDB ver. 1.7.1 - Fixed CVE-2017-12635 - Fixed CVE-2017-12636 - Switched to eunit for testing - Erlang 20 compatible Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and...

Apache CouchDB JSON Remote Privilege Escalation (CVE-2017-12635)

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in CouchDB. The vulnerability is due to a discrepancy between the behaviour of the Erlang and JavaScript JSON parsers used within CouchDB. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to a...

[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: couchdb-1.7.1-3.fc27

Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database accessible via a RESTful HTTP/JSON API. Among other features, it provides robust, incremental replication with bi-directional conflict detection and resolution, and is queryable and indexable using a...

Fedora Update for couchdb FEDORA-2017-d0a336a2a3

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Fedora Update for couchdb FEDORA-2017-a20d92573b

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: couchdb-1.7.1-3.fc26

Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database accessible via a RESTful HTTP/JSON API. Among other features, it provides robust, incremental replication with bi-directional conflict detection and resolution, and is queryable and indexable using a...

Apache CouchDB Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Exploit for multiple platform in category remote exploits Description Due to differences in the Erlang-based JSON parser and JavaScript-based JSON parser, it is possible in Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 and 2.x before 2.1.1 to submit users documents with duplicate keys for 'roles' used for access...

GLSA-201711-16 : CouchDB: Multiple vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201711-16 CouchDB: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CouchDB. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could execute arbitrary shell command...

CouchDB: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CouchDB. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact A remote attacker could execute arbitrary shell...

Apache CouchDB Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Apache CouchDB is the United States Apache Apache Software Foundation , a free , open source , document-oriented database , is a use of JSON as a storage format , JavaScript as a query language , MapReduce and HTTP as the API of the NoSQL database . An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists ...

Apache CouchDB Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Apache CouchDB is the United States Apache Apache Software Foundation , a free , open source , document-oriented database , is a use of JSON as a storage format , JavaScript as a query language , MapReduce and HTTP as the API of the NoSQL database . A remote code execution vulnerability exists in...

Remote Code Execution in CouchDB(CVE-2017-12635)

There was a vulnerability in CouchDB caused by a discrepancy between the database’s native JSON parser and the Javascript JSON parser used during document validation. Because CouchDB databases are meant to be exposed directly to the internet, this enabled privilege escalation, and ultimately remo...

[ASA-201711-24] couchdb: multiple issues

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201711-24 ========================================== Severity: High Date : 2017-11-16 CVE-ID : CVE-2017-12635 CVE-2017-12636 Package : couchdb Type : multiple issues Remote : Yes Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-495 Summary ======= The package couchdb...

Apache CouchDB 1.x < 1.7.0, 2.x < 2.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Windows

Apache CouchDB is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:couchdb"; ifdescripti...

Apache CouchDB 1.x < 1.7.0, 2.x < 2.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Linux

Apache CouchDB is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:couchdb"; ifdescripti...