CVE-2017-12636

CVSS V2 High 9 CVSS V3 High 7.2

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-12636

Assigner
security@apache.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2017-11-14T20:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-05-13T19:29:00

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-78	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb::::::::	1	OR	1.7.0
cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc1::::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc2::::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc3::::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc4::::::	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
9

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
HIGH

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.2

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.2

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67@%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00026.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44913/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019/
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12636
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12636

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:52:55				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 22:59:57	2017-11-14T20:29Z	2017-11-14T20:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 22:59:57		2019-05-13T19:29:00	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 22:59:57		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated