Improper Authentication The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mongodb  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-MONGODB-624627
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed19 Jul 2019

Introduced: 19 Jul 2019

CVE-2015-7882  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mongodb package and not the mongodb package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Improper handling of LDAP authentication in MongoDB Server versions 3.0.0 to 3.0.6 allows an unauthenticated client to gain unauthorized access.