CVE-2012-6619

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.4 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2014-03-06

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Mongodb (Mongodb)

References

• http://blog.ptsecurity.com/2012/11/attacking-mongodb.html
• 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
• https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-7769