2.5. CVE-2012-5649: JSONP arbitrary code execution with Adobe Flash — Apache CouchDB® 3.3 Documentation

# 2.5. CVE-2012-5649: JSONP arbitrary code execution with Adobe Flash

Date:

  14.01.2013

Affected:

  Releases up to and including 1.0.3, 1.1.1, and 1.2.0 are vulnerable, if administrators have enabled JSONP.

Severity:

  Moderate

Vendor:

  The Apache Software Foundation

## 2.5.1. Description

A hand-crafted JSONP callback and response can be used to run arbitrary code inside client-side browsers via Adobe Flash.

## 2.5.2. Mitigation

Upgrade to a supported CouchDB release that includes this fix, such as:

- 1.0.4

- 1.1.2

- 1.2.1

- 1.3.x

All listed releases have included a specific fix.

## 2.5.3. Work-Around

Disable JSONP or don’t enable it since it’s disabled by default.