Vulnerability identifier: #VU15060
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
MongoDB driver for C
Universal components / Libraries /
Libraries used by multiple products
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.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
MongoDB driver for C: 1.12.0
External links
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1627923#c3
http://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/commit/0d9a4d98bfdf4acd2c0138d4aaeb4e2e0934bd84
http://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-2819
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.