Input validation error in MongoDB

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU111881

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3372

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of certain metadata input resulting in the server not correctly serialising BSON. A remote attacker can cause unexpected application behavior including unavailability of serverStatus responses

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

MongoDB: 5.0.0 - 7.0.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-85263
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-85263

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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