Sunday, September 12, 2010

New couchdb package: fixes arbitrary code execution

Users of New couchdb package please be advised of fixes arbitrary code execution vulnerability that has been identified.

To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)

Amplify’d from www.criticalwatch.com
DSA 2107-1: [DSA 2107-1] New couchdb package fixes arbitrary code execution
Dan Rosenberg discovered that in couchdb, a distributed,

fault-tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database, an insecure

library search path is used; a local attacker could execute arbitrary

code by first dumping a maliciously crafted shared library in some

directory, and then having an administrator run couchdb from this same

directory.Read more at www.criticalwatch.com
 

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