Input validation error in Fedoraproject Fedora



| Updated: 2020-08-09
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-1609
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

MongoDB
Server applications / Database software

Vendor Fedoraproject
MongoDB, Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU40860

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1609

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

MongoDB before 2.4.13 and 2.6.x before 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted UTF-8 string in a BSON request.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 21

MongoDB: 2.6.0 - 21

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152493.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153690.html
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034466
https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPC3
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17264
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-13


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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