SB2013012308 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for couchdb

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SB2013012308 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for couchdb

Published: January 23, 2013 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2013012308
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5649)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Apache CouchDB before 1.0.4, 1.1.x before 1.1.2, and 1.2.x before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JSONP callback, related to Adobe Flash.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5650)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in the Futon UI in Apache CouchDB before 1.0.4, 1.1.x before 1.1.2, and 1.2.x before 1.2.1. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References