SB2017111434 - Privilege escalation in Apache CouchDB

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SB2017111434 - Privilege escalation in Apache CouchDB

Published: November 14, 2017 Updated: October 30, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2017111434
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12635)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due differences in the Erlang-based JSON parser and JavaScript-based JSON parser that can lead to submitting "_users" documents with duplicate keys for "roles" used for access control within the database, including the "_admin" role. A remote authenticated user can create a specially crafted document and abuse the JSON parser differences result in behavior for two 'roles' keys within a single document and gain administrative privileges within the database.



Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References