#VU41960 Input validation error in MongoDB - CVE-2012-6619
Published: March 6, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41960
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6619
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
MongoDB
MongoDB
Software vendor:
MongoDB, Inc.
MongoDB, Inc.
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
The default configuration for MongoDB before 2.3.2 does not validate objects, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read system memory via a crafted BSON object in the column name in an insert command, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://blog.ptsecurity.com/2012/11/attacking-mongodb.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0230.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0440.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/08/9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049748
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-7769