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MongoDB: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') (CVE-2016-3104)

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MongoDB: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') (CVE-2016-3104)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/14/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/15/2017
Modified
03/07/2024

Description

mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.

Solution(s)

  • mongodb-upgrade-latest

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