Apache CouchDB security advisory

Number: AV20-154
Date: 20 May 2020

On 19 May 2020 Apache released a security bulletin to address a vulnerability VulnerabilityA flaw or weakness in the design or implementation of an information system or its environment that could be exploited to adversely affect an organization's assets or operations. affecting version 3.0.0 of their CouchDB product. This version shipped with a new control that once enabled is intended to restrict unauthenticated (anonymous) database server access from all but the ‘/_up’ endpoint.  However, an error in the implementation of this control mistakenly allows unauthenticated access to the database server from all endpoints resulting in the potential for privilege escalation.

Apache has released two new versions of CouchDB to resolve this issue; Version 3.0.1 being a bugfix release and version 3.1.0 being a feature release.

The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the following web link, follow recommended mitigations and apply the necessary updates:
https://blog.couchdb.org/

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