SB2023050248 - Information disclosure in Apache CouchDB
Published: May 2, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023050248
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26268)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions in the couchjs processes. Design documents with matching document IDs, from databases on the same cluster, may share a mutable Javascript environment when using these design document functions:
- validate_doc_update
- list
- filter
- filter views (using view functions as filters)
- rewrite
- update
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.