GLSA 201412-16: CouchDB: Denial of Service
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | CouchDB: Denial of Service |
| Date: | 12/13/2014 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 201412-16 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability in CouchDB could result in Denial of Service.Background
Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| dev-db/couchdb | < 1.5.1 | >= 1.5.1 | All supported architectures |
Description
CouchDB does not properly sanitize the count parameter for Universally Unique Identifiers (UUID) requests.
Impact
A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to CouchDB, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
The /_uuids handler can be disabled in local.ini with the following configuration:
[httpd_global_handlers] _uuids =
Resolution
All CouchDB users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/couchdb-1.5.1"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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