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Ubuntu: USN-5101-1 (CVE-2019-20925): MongoDB vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-5101-1 (CVE-2019-20925): MongoDB vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/24/2020
Created
10/07/2021
Added
10/05/2021
Modified
01/25/2024

Description

An unauthenticated client can trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted wire protocol messages, which cause the message decompressor to incorrectly allocate memory. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.1; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.13; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.15 and MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.24.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-mongodb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-mongodb-clients
  • ubuntu-upgrade-mongodb-server
  • ubuntu-upgrade-mongodb-server-core

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