CVE-2012-6619
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.4 · Improper input validation
6.4CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The default configuration for MongoDB before 2.3.2 does not validate objects, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read system memory via a crafted BSON object in the column name in an insert command, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-7769Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0230.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0440.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/08/9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049748
- http://blog.ptsecurity.com/2012/11/attacking-mongodb.htmlExploit