Name: CVE-2019-2389: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-2389, CWE-732, CWE-20, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.00303

Incorrect scoping of kill operations in MongoDB Server's packaged SysV init scripts allow users with write access to the PID file to insert arbitrary PIDs to be killed when the root user stops the MongoDB process via SysV init. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.11; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.14; MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.22.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade mongodb34Upgrade mongodb36Upgrade mongodb40	Oct 12, 2019	Sep 30, 2019
Mongodb	—	Upgrade MongoDB to version 3.6.14Upgrade MongoDB to version 3.4.22Upgrade MongoDB to version 4.0.11Upgrade to the latest version of MongoDB	Oct 31, 2019	Aug 30, 2019

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CVSS Details

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