Denial of service in MongoDB driver for C
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2018-16790 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
MongoDB driver for C Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
| Vendor | MongoDB, Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Buffer over-read
EUVDB-ID: #VU15060
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16790
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read via a specially crafted bson buffer within the bson-iter.c file (libbson library). A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMongoDB driver for C: 1.12.0
External linkshttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1627923#c3
http://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/commit/0d9a4d98bfdf4acd2c0138d4aaeb4e2e0934bd84
http://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-2819
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
