SB2014030601 - Input validation error in MongoDB, MongoDB
Published: March 6, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014030601
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6619)
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.
References
- 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