Security readout for executives and security teams
This is an older MongoDB denial-of-service issue. A specially crafted UTF-8 string inside a BSON request could crash or disrupt affected MongoDB servers before 2.4.13 and 2.6.8. The main business risk is database availability, especially where legacy MongoDB is reachable by untrusted clients or networks. Exposure is most likely in legacy MongoDB 2.4 or 2.6 deployments, including distro-packaged instances, that accept BSON requests from untrusted applications, users, or networks. Modern supported MongoDB versions are not identified as affected in the provided sources. Treat this as a legacy availability risk. It is not presented as data theft or code execution, but disruption to a database can still affect revenue, operations, and incident response. Prioritize remediation where old MongoDB versions support critical services or have broad network exposure. Mitigation focus: Upgrade MongoDB to 2.4.13, 2.6.8, or a later supported release.; Apply relevant Fedora, Gentoo, or vendor package updates where MongoDB is distro-managed.; Restrict MongoDB network access to trusted application hosts only..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- GLSA-201611-13CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17264CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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