Deserialization of Untrusted Data in js-bson - CVE-2019-2391
Published: March 31, 2020 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30319
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-2391
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MongoDB, Inc.
Affected software:
js-bson
js-bson
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-2391
Install update from vendor's website.