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MongoDB: Unspecified Security Vulnerability (CVE-2018-20802)

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MongoDB: Unspecified Security Vulnerability (CVE-2018-20802)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/23/2020
Created
12/02/2020
Added
12/01/2020
Modified
01/25/2024

Description

A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries with compound indexes affecting QueryPlanner. This issue affects MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.9 and MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.3.

Solution(s)

  • mongodb-upgrade-3_6_9
  • mongodb-upgrade-4_0_3

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