Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : couchdb (MDVSA-2014:093)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74071

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated couchdb packages fix security vulnerability :

Apache CouchDB 1.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via the count parameter to /_uuids (CVE-2014-2668).

Solution

Update the affected couchdb and / or couchdb-bin packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0203.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74071

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-093.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 5/19/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:couchdb, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:couchdb-bin, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2668

BID: 66474

MDVSA: 2014:093