CVE-2017-12636
Publication date 14 November 2017
Last updated 24 June 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Some of the configuration options include paths for operating system-level binaries that are subsequently launched by CouchDB. This allows an admin user in Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 and 2.x before 2.1.1 to execute arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB user, including downloading and executing scripts from the public internet.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| couchdb | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
7.2 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | High |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |