SB2016112002 - Gentoo update for MongoDB
Published: November 20, 2016 Updated: November 21, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016112002
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1609)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.