SB2015033003 - Input validation error in Fedoraproject Fedora
Published: March 30, 2015 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015033003
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1609)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- 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
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17264
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-13