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MongoDB 3.4 < 3.4.22, 3.6 < 3.6.14, 4.0 < 4.0.11, 4.1 < 4.1.14 DoS Vulnerability - Linux

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

MongoDB is prone to a denial of service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

Incorrect scoping of kill operations in MongoDB Server's packaged SysV init scripts allow users with write access to the PID file to insert arbitrary PIDs to be killed when the root user stops the MongoDB process via SysV init.

Affected Software

Affected Software

MongoDB versions 3.4 prior to 3.4.22, 3.6 prior to 3.6.14, 4.0 prior to 4.0.11 and 4.1 prior to 4.1.14.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 3.4.22, 3.6.14, 4.0.11, 4.1.14 or later.

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