Buffer over-read in MongoDB driver for C - CVE-2018-16790
Published: October 1, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15060
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16790
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MongoDB, Inc.
Affected software:
MongoDB driver for C
MongoDB driver for C
Detailed vulnerability description
The 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16790
Install update from vendor's website.