Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in MongoDB - CVE-2021-32036
Published: March 27, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87868
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32036
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote user can repeatedly invoke the features command where at a high volume may lead to resource depletion or generate high lock contention to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
MongoDB
Storage Copy Data Management
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
Storage Copy Data Management
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
How to mitigate CVE-2021-32036
Install updates from vendor's website.
MongoDB - addressed in versions 4.2.17, 4.4.10, 5.0.4
Storage Copy Data Management - update to 2.2.23.0
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - update to 10.1.6.4
Storage Copy Data Management - update to 2.2.23.0
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - update to 10.1.6.4