GLSA-201711-16 : CouchDB: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104697

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201711-16 (CouchDB: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CouchDB. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary shell commands or escalate privileges.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All CouchDB users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/couchdb-1.7.1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104697

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201711-16.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 11/20/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:couchdb, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2017

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Metasploit (Apache CouchDB Arbitrary Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12635, CVE-2017-12636

GLSA: 201711-16

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