Improper Input Validation Affecting mongodb package, versions [,2.4.13)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.99% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MONGODB-2371293
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed30 Mar 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-1609  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mongodb to version 2.4.13 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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.

CVSS Scores

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