#VU15060 Buffer over-read in MongoDB driver for C - CVE-2018-16790

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#VU15060 Buffer over-read in MongoDB driver for C - CVE-2018-16790

Published: October 1, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15060
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
MongoDB driver for C
Software vendor:
MongoDB, Inc.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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