UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12636

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12636

    Published: 14 Nov 2017Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12636

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12636, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/14/6, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67@%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12636

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: couchdb

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.6.0-0ubuntu7

    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