CVE-2010-2953 | Vulnerability Database | Aqua Security

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Debian GNU/Linux patch for the couchdb script in CouchDB 0.8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted shared library in the current working directory.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Couchdb	Apache	0.8.0 (including)	0.8.0 (including)
Couchdb	Ubuntu	devel	*
Couchdb	Ubuntu	jaunty	*
Couchdb	Ubuntu	karmic	*
Couchdb	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Couchdb	Ubuntu	maverick	*
Couchdb	Ubuntu	natty	*
Couchdb	Ubuntu	oneiric	*
Couchdb	Ubuntu	precise	*
Couchdb	Ubuntu	quantal	*
Couchdb	Ubuntu	raring	*

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594412
http://secunia.com/advisories/41383
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2107
http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/blog.php?id=87
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/25/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/26/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/26/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/29/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42758
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2341
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594412
http://secunia.com/advisories/41383
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2107
http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/blog.php?id=87
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/25/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/26/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/26/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/29/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42758
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2341

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2953
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html