Code Injection in CouchDB - CVE-2012-5649
Published: May 23, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41631
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
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 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-5649
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0057.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098089.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098092.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51765
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:067
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57314