Synopsis

Important: mongodb and pymongo security and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

Updated mongodb and pymongo packages that fix two security issues and add
one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.3 for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each
vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

MongoDB is a NoSQL database. PyMongo provides tools for working with
MongoDB.

A flaw was found in the run() function implementation in MongoDB. A
database user permitted to send database queries to a MongoDB server could
use this flaw to crash the server or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the mongodb user. (CVE-2013-1892)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in PyMongo. An invalid DBRef
record received from a MongoDB server could cause an application using
PyMongo to crash. (CVE-2013-2132)

Note: In Red Hat Enterprise MRG Grid, MongoDB is not accessed by users
directly and is only accessed by other Grid services, such as Condor and
Cumin.

This update also adds the following enhancement:

• Previously, MongoDB was configured to listen for connections on all
  network interfaces. This could allow remote users to access the database if
  the firewall was configured to allow access to the MongoDB port (access is
  blocked by the default firewall configuration in Red Hat Enterprise Linux).
  This update changes the configuration to only listen on the loopback
  interface by default. (BZ#892767)
  

Users of Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.3 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 are
advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported
patches to resolve these issues and add this enhancement. After installing
this update, MongoDB will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• MRG Grid 2 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• MRG Grid 2 for RHEL 6 i386
• MRG Grid from RHUI 2 for RHEL 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 927536 - CVE-2013-1892 MongoDB: Server Side JavaScript Includes allow Remote Code Execution
• BZ - 969560 - CVE-2013-2132 pymongo: null pointer when decoding invalid DBRef

CVEs

• CVE-2013-2132
• CVE-2013-1892

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

MRG Grid 2 for RHEL 6

SRPM
mongodb-1.6.4-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 276d6f91546190d0eda1c1674583a75e65b0829c271d1c95ad7e18eaec64519b
pymongo-1.9-11.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a621fe12fb3f7f03e6e0777071d99047e64ed11e3871ef466cd73c796eb798cc
x86_64
mongodb-1.6.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9dd3227628260ae444a7cefd7a451ce947b01d802bc911315fb096c8c92334f3
mongodb-debuginfo-1.6.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5774d85b8e322fbcabdd350f3dd30b1ddadc4ad656ec1a8ace56d2127d3e3a15
mongodb-server-1.6.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 77a1fab515d7091d5cf6d2a06cadc67e663f3bf9dd38338080b0c407928b37ac
pymongo-1.9-11.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b5df7d07c025e85d9a3737189b0bd9672e4c21684b5e087ba4731d8964d2c97a
pymongo-debuginfo-1.9-11.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a9cd9155e175a48562745d87d6af52c055cc1f337f36f65bb6c9c0b7f40ff0b6
python-bson-1.9-11.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: d7e99e88c6667e795309c929c453083b60e2c037fc91d93429ddbfb0f204daf8
i386
mongodb-1.6.4-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ae6719baaafd28cd8541945a7ca343369b966bb5450d852c9054badfdb37da87
mongodb-debuginfo-1.6.4-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 512032941b41e5ee64b8a98efbf78f258f896ed966353b7fa3309f51debdd2e7
mongodb-server-1.6.4-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: a7768410ecdf59b3f6ad7a7d8cd4e7fd04c5e4ac04efdf8759839b6846bdd810
pymongo-1.9-11.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 8e7076b39c677b1697459d3df7bf33b19b6e0bc05b9da94f988fa7a691e8e254
pymongo-debuginfo-1.9-11.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 6cb2ba6eb3b9eb4057d937c77535ae6b7b31cd9d22da0ef4714816c4e9c2315e
python-bson-1.9-11.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 24036b4e311ed60773e7f790a0d7efc7d03425e164238d182abb0c56bd19d831

MRG Grid from RHUI 2 for RHEL 6

SRPM
mongodb-1.6.4-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 276d6f91546190d0eda1c1674583a75e65b0829c271d1c95ad7e18eaec64519b
pymongo-1.9-11.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a621fe12fb3f7f03e6e0777071d99047e64ed11e3871ef466cd73c796eb798cc
x86_64
mongodb-1.6.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9dd3227628260ae444a7cefd7a451ce947b01d802bc911315fb096c8c92334f3
mongodb-debuginfo-1.6.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5774d85b8e322fbcabdd350f3dd30b1ddadc4ad656ec1a8ace56d2127d3e3a15
mongodb-server-1.6.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 77a1fab515d7091d5cf6d2a06cadc67e663f3bf9dd38338080b0c407928b37ac
pymongo-1.9-11.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b5df7d07c025e85d9a3737189b0bd9672e4c21684b5e087ba4731d8964d2c97a
pymongo-debuginfo-1.9-11.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a9cd9155e175a48562745d87d6af52c055cc1f337f36f65bb6c9c0b7f40ff0b6
python-bson-1.9-11.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: d7e99e88c6667e795309c929c453083b60e2c037fc91d93429ddbfb0f204daf8