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A vulnerability in CouchDB could result in Denial of Service.
| Package | dev-db/couchdb on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.5.1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.5.1 |
Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database.
CouchDB does not properly sanitize the count parameter for Universally Unique Identifiers (UUID) requests.
A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to CouchDB, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
The /_uuids handler can be disabled in local.ini with the following configuration:
[httpd_global_handlers] _uuids =
All CouchDB users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/couchdb-1.5.1"
Release date
December 13, 2014
Latest revision
December 13, 2014: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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