vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-4812-1 (CVE-2017-14227): libbson vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 9, 2017
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Apr 25, 2025

Description

It was discovered that libbson incorrectly validated input length. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This
issue affected only Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-14227)

It was discovered that libbson incorrectly handled certain specially
crafted bson buffers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2018-16790)

Solution

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libbson-1-0-0
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