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title: "CVE-2012-5650\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5650

Publication date 18 March 2014

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

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability 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 allows remote
attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified parameters
to the browser-based test suite.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5650?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| couchdb | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5650?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

Workaround is to disable the Futon interface (see full-disclosure
information)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| couchdb | * Upstream:   [6cc84db](https://github.com/apache/couchdb/commit/6cc84db91037d707f37832cdb2873bff31533c1b) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5650)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5650)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5650)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5650)

### Other references

* <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/80>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5650>