Gentoo: GLSA-201812-06 Normal: CouchDB Remote Execution Threat
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December 15, 2018
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in CouchDB, the worst of which could lead to the remote execution of code.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CouchDB. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
Gentoo has discontinued support for CouchDB and recommends that usersunmerge the package:
# emerge --unmerge "dev-db/couchdb"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2018-11769 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11769 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-8007 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8007
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-06
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: CouchDB: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 15, 2018
Bugs: #630796, #660908, #663164
ID: 201812-06
Topics Covered
Background
Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free
document-oriented database.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-db/couchdb <= 2.1.2 Vulnerable!
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
to another package if one is available or wait for the
existing packages to be marked stable by their
architecture maintainers.
Impact
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A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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