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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201711-16
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: CouchDB: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: November 19, 2017
     Bugs: #637516
       ID: 201711-16

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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 arbitrary shell commands.

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
    ——————————————————————-
  1  dev-db/couchdb               < 1.7.1                    >= 1.7.1 

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 shell commands or escalate
privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All CouchDB users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge –sync
  # emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-db/couchdb-1.7.1”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-12635
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-12635
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-12636
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-12636

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/201711-16

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 2017 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.

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