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Apache CouchDB 1.x / 2.1.x <= 2.1.2 Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 111967

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Synopsis

The remote database server is potentially affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the version of CouchDB running on the remote host is 1.x or 2.1.x prior to 2.1.2. It is, therefore, potentially affected by a privilege escalation which could allow a CouchDB administrative user to gain remote code execution on the underlying operating system.

Note that Nessus did not actually test for these flaws but instead, has relied on the version in CouchDB's banner.

Solution

Upgrade to CouchDB 2.2.0 or later.

See Also

http://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/cve/2018-11769.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111967

File Name: couchdb_2_2_0.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: Databases

Published: 8/17/2018

Updated: 5/29/2020

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11769

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:couchdb

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, www/couchdb

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11769

BID: 105046

IAVB: 2018-B-0099-S