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Rewterz Threat Advisory – Multiple Apache Vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

CVE-2021-42009 

Apache Apache Traffic Control could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper access control. By sending a specially-crafted email subject to the /deliveryservices/request Traffic Ops endpoint, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to send an email, from the Traffic Ops server, with an arbitrary body to an arbitrary email address.

CVE-2021-38295 

Apache CouchDB could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper input validation. By persuading a victim to open specially-crafted content, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges to add or remove data in any database or make configuration changes.

Impact

  • Security Bypass
  • Privilege Escalation

Affected Vendors

Apache

Affected Products

  • Apache Traffic Control 5.1.2
  • Apache CouchDB 3.0.0
  • Apache CouchDB 3.1.1

Remediation

Upgrade to the latest version of Apache Traffic Contro, available from the Apache Web site.

http://couchdb.apache.org/

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