FreeBSD : couchdb -- administrator privilege escalation (9b19b6df-a4be-11e8-9366-0028f8d09152)

high Nessus Plugin ID 112052

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Apache CouchDB PMC reports :

Database Administrator could achieve privilege escalation to the account that CouchDB runs under, by abusing insufficient validation in the HTTP API, escaping security controls implemented in previous releases.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/cve/2018-11769.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?838c1121

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 112052

File Name: freebsd_pkg_9b19b6dfa4be11e893660028f8d09152.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 8/22/2018

Updated: 8/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11769

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:couchdb

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11769