Vulnerability identifier: #VU36925
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
js-bson
Web applications /
JS libraries
Vendor: MongoDB, Inc.
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The MongoDB bson JavaScript module (also known as js-bson) versions 0.5.0 to 1.0.x before 1.0.5 is vulnerable to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lib/bson/decimal128.js. The flaw is triggered when the Decimal128.fromString() function is called to parse a long untrusted string.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
js-bson: 0.5.0 - 1.0.4
External links
http://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/commit/bd61c45157c53a1698ff23770160cf4783e9ea4a
http://snyk.io/vuln/npm:bson:20180225
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.