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Posted on 16 December 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-16
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Severity: Normal
Title: CouchDB: Denial of Service
Date: December 13, 2014
Bugs: #506354
ID: 201412-16
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in CouchDB could result in Denial of Service.
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 < 1.5.1 >= 1.5.1
Description
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CouchDB does not properly sanitize the count parameter for Universally
Unique Identifiers (UUID) requests.
Impact
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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to CouchDB,
possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
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The /_uuids handler can be disabled in local.ini with the following
configuration:
[httpd_global_handlers]
_uuids =
Resolution
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All CouchDB users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/couchdb-1.5.1"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-2668
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2668
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-16.xml
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 2014 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.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
