Multiple vulnerabilities in CouchDB



| Updated: 2021-10-09
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2012-5649
CVE-2012-5650
CWE-ID CWE-94
CWE-79
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 CouchDB
Server applications / Database software

Vendor Apache Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU41631

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5649

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Apache CouchDB before 1.0.4, 1.1.x before 1.1.2, and 1.2.x before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JSONP callback, related to Adobe Flash.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

CouchDB: 1.0.0 - 1.2.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0057.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098089.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098092.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/51765
https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:067
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57314


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU41907

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5650

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in the Futon UI in Apache CouchDB before 1.0.4, 1.1.x before 1.1.2, and 1.2.x before 1.2.1. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

CouchDB: 1.0.0 - 1.2.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0056.html
https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-user/201301.mbox/%3C2FFF2FD7-8EAF-4EBF-AFDA-5AEB6EAC853F@apache.org%3E


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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