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Debian DSA-2107-1 : couchdb - untrusted search path

medium Nessus Plugin ID 49184

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Dan Rosenberg discovered that in couchdb, a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database, an insecure library search path is used. A local attacker could execute arbitrary code by first dumping a maliciously crafted shared library in some directory, and then having an administrator run couchdb from this same directory.

Solution

Upgrade the couchdb package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.0-2+lenny1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594412

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2107

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 49184

File Name: debian_DSA-2107.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/12/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:couchdb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2953

BID: 42758

DSA: 2107