CVE-2018-13863 Affecting node-mongodb package, versions <3.1.10+~3.1.9-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-NODEMONGODB-567262
  • published23 Apr 2020
  • disclosed10 Jul 2018

Introduced: 10 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-13863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 node-mongodb to version 3.1.10+~3.1.9-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream node-mongodb package and not the node-mongodb package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The MongoDB bson JavaScript module (also known as js-bson) versions 0.5.0 to 1.0.x before 1.0.5 is vulnerable to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lib/bson/decimal128.js. The flaw is triggered when the Decimal128.fromString() function is called to parse a long untrusted string.