Information disclosure in MongoDB - CVE-2016-6494
Published: October 3, 2016 / Updated: July 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31452
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6494
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MongoDB, Inc.
Affected software:
MongoDB
MongoDB
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
The client in MongoDB uses world-readable permissions on .dbshell history files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6494
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553
- https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL/