Check Point Advisories

Apache CouchDB Command Execution (CVE-2018-8007)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2019-0221
Date Published: 20 Feb 2019
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 07 November, 2022
Source: Apache
Industry Reference:CVE-2018-8007
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80
Who is Vulnerable? Apache Software Foundation CouchDB 1.x prior to 1.7.2
Apache Software Foundation CouchDB 2.x prior to 2.1.2
Vulnerability Description A command execution vulnerability has been reported in CouchDB. The vulnerability is due to a design flaw where certain configuration options that specify paths for operating system level binaries launched by CouchDB are modifiable via HTTP. A remote, authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to a vulnerable server.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apache CouchDB Command Execution (CVE-2018-8007) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Apache CouchDB Command Execution (CVE-2018-8007)

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