CVE-2012-6619

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-11-23
CWE:
CWE-125->CWE-200
Bugzilla:
1049748: CVE-2012-6619 mongodb: memory over-read via incorrect BSON object length

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The default configuration for MongoDB before 2.3.2 does not validate objects, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read system memory via a crafted BSON object in the column name in an insert command, which triggers a buffer over-read.

Find out more about CVE-2012-6619 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 (mongodb) RHSA-2014:0230 2014-03-04
Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (mongodb) RHSA-2014:0440 2014-04-28
Red Hat MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 6 ComputeNode v.2 RHSA-2014:0440 2014-04-28

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 mongodb Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux mongodb24-mongodb Not affected
Red Hat Satellite 6 mongodb Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 mongodb Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 mongodb Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 mongodb Will not fix

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