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MongoDB: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output (CVE-2021-20333)

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MongoDB: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output (CVE-2021-20333)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/23/2021
Created
08/06/2021
Added
08/05/2021
Modified
01/25/2024

Description

Sending specially crafted commands to a MongoDB Server may result in artificial log entries being generated or for log entries to be split. This issue affects MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.20; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.21 and MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.10.

Solution(s)

  • mongodb-upgrade-3_6_20
  • mongodb-upgrade-4_0_21
  • mongodb-upgrade-4_2_10

References

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