Input validation error in MongoDB - CVE-2017-15535
Published: October 1, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15061
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15535
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input, when the MongoDB database is configured with "networkMessageCompressors" setting enabled. A remote attacker can cause denial of service attack or modify memory contents on the system.
Affected software
MongoDB
Arch Linux
Fedora
mongodb
Arch Linux
Fedora
mongodb
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15535
Install updates from vendor's website.
MongoDB - update to 3.4.10
mongodb - addressed in versions 3.4.10-1.fc26, 3.4.10-1.fc27
mongodb - addressed in versions 3.4.10-1.fc26, 3.4.10-1.fc27