CVE-2016-6494
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · Information disclosure
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The client in MongoDB uses world-readable permissions on .dbshell history files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.
Official patch: https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/4Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/8Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL/