Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in CouchDB - CVE-2018-17188
Published: January 7, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16815
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17188
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
CouchDB
CouchDB
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to CouchDB allows runtime-configuration of key components of the database. A CouchDB administrator can gain access to operating system components and execute code on the system with privileges of the CouchDB system user account.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-17188
Install updates from vendor's website.