SUSE-SU-2018:2765-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:2765-1

    Published: 20 Sept 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-8007
    Aliases:
    CVE-2018-8007

    Summary: Security update for couchdb

    Details: This update for couchdb fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2018-8007: Apache CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Due to insufficient validation of administrator-supplied configuration settings via the HTTP API, it was possible for a CouchDB administrator user to escalate their privileges to that of the operating system's user that CouchDB runs under, by bypassing the blacklist of configuration settings that are not allowed to be modified via the HTTP API (bsc#1100973)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182765-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1100973, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8007

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: couchdb

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/couchdb&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.2-3.3.1

    Affected versions

    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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