Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libbson-xs-perl package, versions *
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- published4 May 2025
- disclosed10 Sept 2018
Introduced: 10 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-16790 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:11 libbson-xs-perl.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libbson-xs-perl package and not the libbson-xs-perl package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
_bson_iter_next_internal in bson-iter.c in libbson 1.12.0, as used in MongoDB mongo-c-driver and other products, has a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted bson buffer.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16790
- https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/commit/0d9a4d98bfdf4acd2c0138d4aaeb4e2e0934bd84
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-2819
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1627923#c3
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16790