Remote privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache CouchDB - CVE-2017-12635 (rpm)ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:61617 | Date: (C)2020-02-24 (M)2022-10-10 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: unix |
The host is installed with Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 or 2.x before 2.1.1 and is prone to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to handle differences issue in Erlang-based JSON parser and JavaScript-based JSON parser. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to bypass certain restrictions and gain elevated privileges.