Information Exposure Affecting mongodb package, versions [,3.0.15)[3.2,3.2.14)[3.3,3.3.14)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MONGODB-2371298
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed3 Oct 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-6494  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mongodb to version 3.0.15, 3.2.14, 3.3.14 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The client in MongoDB uses world-readable permissions on .dbshell history files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.

References

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