CVE-2017-12636

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    CVE-2017-12636

    Published: 14 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Some of the configuration options include paths for operating system-level binaries that are subsequently launched by CouchDB. This allows an admin user in Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 and 2.x before 2.1.1 to execute arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB user, including downloading and executing scripts from the public internet.

    References: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00026.html, https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44913/, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019/, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5f88da2a5ee8ba78917fafd572c7b9fa37e76460

    Affected versions

    2.0.0
    2.0.0-rc1
    2.0.0-rc3
    2.0.0-rc4
    2.0.0-RC4
    2.0.0-RC3
    2.0.0-RC1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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