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title: "CVE-2010-2953\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2953

Publication date 14 September 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Debian GNU/Linux patch for
the couchdb script in CouchDB 0.8.0 allows local users to gain privileges
via a crafted shared library in the current working directory.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| couchdb | 13.04 raring | Fixed 1.0.1-0ubuntu2 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 1.0.1-0ubuntu2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.0.1-0ubuntu2 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 1.0.1-0ubuntu2 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 1.0.1-0ubuntu2 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 1.0.1-0ubuntu2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2953)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2953)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2953)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2953)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2953>