SB2018121701 - Gentoo update for CouchDB
Published: December 17, 2018
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11769)
The vulnerability allows a remote administrative attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of administrator-supplied configuration settings via the HTTP API. A remote attacker can bypass the blacklist of configuration settings that are not allowed to be modified via the HTTP API and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
2) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8007)
The vulnerability allows a remote administrative attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of administrator-supplied configuration settings via the HTTP API. A remote attacker can bypass the blacklist of configuration settings that are not allowed to be modified via the HTTP API and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.