Vulnerability identifier: #VU40860

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1609

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system
MongoDB
Server applications / Database software

Vendor: Fedoraproject
MongoDB, Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

MongoDB before 2.4.13 and 2.6.x before 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted UTF-8 string in a BSON request.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 21

MongoDB: 2.6.0 - 21

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External links
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152493.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153690.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034466
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPC3
http://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17264
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-13

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Q & A

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.