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MongoDB BSON Message Handling Remote Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (Linux)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Databases

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

7 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with MongoDB and is prone to remote denial of service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

Flaw is due to error in mongod that is triggered when handling a specially crafted BSON message.

Affected Software

Affected Software

MongoDB version 2.4.12 and earlier, 2.6.7 and earlier, and 3.0.0-rc8 on Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

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

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to MongoDB version 2.4.13 or 2.6.8 or 3.0.0-rc9 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)