UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38295
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38295
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38295.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38295
- Upstream
- Published
- 2021-10-14T20:15:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-16T08:15:49.697294Z
- Severity
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- 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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In Apache CouchDB, a malicious user with permission to create documents in a database is able to attach a HTML attachment to a document. If a CouchDB admin opens that attachment in a browser, e.g. via the CouchDB admin interface Fauxton, any JavaScript code embedded in that HTML attachment will be executed within the security context of that admin. A similar route is available with the already deprecated _show and _list functionality. This privilege escalation vulnerability allows an attacker to add or remove data in any database or make configuration changes. This issue affected Apache CouchDB prior to 3.1.2
- References