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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201812-06
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: CouchDB: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 15, 2018
Bugs: #630796, #660908, #663164
ID: 201812-06

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in CouchDB, the worst of which
could lead to the remote execution of code.

Background
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Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free
document-oriented database.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-db/couchdb <= 2.1.2 Vulnerable!
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
to another package if one is available or wait for the
existing packages to be marked stable by their
architecture maintainers.

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CouchDB. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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Gentoo has discontinued support for CouchDB and recommends that users
unmerge the package:

# emerge –unmerge “dev-db/couchdb”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2018-11769
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11769
[ 2 ] CVE-2018-8007
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8007

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-06

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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