Deserialization of Untrusted Data in MongoDB, js-bson



Published: 2020-03-31 | Updated: 2020-07-17
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-2391
CWE-ID CWE-502
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		js-bson
Web applications / JS libraries

Vendor MongoDB, Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU30319

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-2391

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

Incorrect parsing of certain JSON input may result in js-bson not correctly serializing BSON. This may cause unexpected application behaviour including data disclosure.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

js-bson: 1.1.0 - 1.1.3

External links

http://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/releases/tag/v1.1.4


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.



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