CVE-2010-2953

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-09-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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 products

Apache Software Foundation Apache CouchDB: 0.8.0

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

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