MongoDB DoS Vulnerability - Oct17 (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
MongoDB is prone to a denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
MongoDB has a disabled-by-default configuration setting, networkMessageCompressors (aka wire protocol compression), which exposes a vulnerability when enabled that could be exploited by a malicious attacker to deny service or modify memory.
Affected Software
Affected Software
MongoDB version 3.4.x and 3.5.x.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 3.4.10, 3.6.0-rc0 or later.