Security update for couchdb

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2578-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-12636 ( SUSE ): 9.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-12636 ( NVD ): 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-8007 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-8007 ( NVD ): 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for couchdb to 1.7.2 fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2018-8007: Apache CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Due to insufficient validation of administrator-supplied configuration settings via the HTTP API, it was possible for a CouchDB administrator user to escalate their privileges to that of the operating system's user that CouchDB runs under, by bypassing the blacklist of configuration settings that are not allowed to be modified via the HTTP API (bsc#1100973).
  • CVE-2017-12636: 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 allowed an admin user in Apache CouchDB to execute arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB user (bsc#1068386).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-1807=1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2018-1807=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 (x86_64)
    • couchdb-debuginfo-1.7.2-2.8.2
    • couchdb-debugsource-1.7.2-2.8.2
    • couchdb-1.7.2-2.8.2
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • couchdb-debuginfo-1.7.2-2.8.2
    • couchdb-debugsource-1.7.2-2.8.2
    • couchdb-1.7.2-2.8.2

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