Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-12635 - Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Couchdb

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12635
• https://justi.cz/security/2017/11/14/couchdb-rce-npm.html
• https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/HTTP_database_API

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12636
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12635
• https://justi.cz/security/2017/11/14/couchdb-rce-npm.html
• http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/cve/2017-12636.html
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67@%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E

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include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(111018);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/04/05 23:25:06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-12635", "CVE-2017-12636", "CVE-2018-8007");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : couchdb -- multiple vulnerabilities (1e54d140-8493-11e8-a795-0028f8d09152)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Apache CouchDB PMC reports :

Database Administrator could achieve privilege escalation to the
account that CouchDB runs under, by abusing insufficient validation in
the HTTP API, escaping security controls implemented in previous
releases."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://blog.couchdb.org/2018/07/10/cve-2018-8007/"
  );
  # https://blog.couchdb.org/2017/11/14/apache-couchdb-cve-2017-12635-and-cve-2017-12636/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?236d3194"
  );
  # https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6fa798e96686b7b0013ec2088140d00aeb7d34487d3f5ad032af6934@%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?aab45713"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/1e54d140-8493-11e8-a795-0028f8d09152.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?df4f4901"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Apache CouchDB Arbitrary Command Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'CANVAS');

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:couchdb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/11/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/07/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/07/12");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"couchdb<1.7.2,2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");