CVE-2018-8007: Apache CouchDB administrative privilege escalation

[Dave Cottlehuber <dch () apache org>]

[CVEID]: CVE-2018-8007
[PRODUCT]: Apache CouchDB
[VERSION]: Apache CouchDB versions up to and including 1.7.1, and 2.1.1
[PROBLEMTYPE]: Administrative Privilege Escalation
[REFERENCES]: https://blog.couchdb.org/2018/07/10/cve-2018-8007/ 
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-announce/201807.mbox/%3C1699016538.6219.1531246785603.JavaMail.Joan%40RITA%3E
 
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-announce/201807.mbox/%3c1439409216.6221.1531246856676.JavaMail.Joan@RITA%3e
[DESCRIPTION]: 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 is 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.

This privilege escalation effectively allows an existing CouchDB admin user to gain arbitrary remote code execution, 
bypassing already disclosed CVE-2017-12636.

Mitigation:

All users should upgrade to CouchDB releases 1.7.2 or 2.1.2.

Upgrades from previous 1.x and 2.x versions in the same series should be
seamless.

Users on earlier versions, or users upgrading from 1.x to 2.x should consult
with upgrade notes.
Credit

This issue was discovered by Francesco Oddo of MDSec Labs. The CouchDB PMC gratefully acknowledges their support in 
responsibly disclosing this vulnerability.

—
  Dave Cottlehuber
  dch () apache org
  Sent from my Couch