GLSA 201812-06: CouchDB: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	CouchDB: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/15/2018
Bugs:	#630796, #660908, #663164
ID:	201812-06

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in CouchDB, the worst of which could lead to the remote execution of code.

Background

Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/couchdb	<= 2.1.2		All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CouchDB. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for CouchDB and recommends that users unmerge the package:

      # emerge --unmerge "dev-db/couchdb"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201812-06.xml

Concerns?

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.