Summary
Eliot Horowitz discovered that MongoDB may fail to validate some instances
of malformed BSON. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
MongoDB to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-1609)
It was discovered that MongoDB read raw permissions from .dbshell history
files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. (CVE-2016-6494)
Travis Brown discovered that MongoDB may be unable to parse specially
crafted UTF-8 strings in BSON requests. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause MongoDB to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-20802)
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS | mongodb | 1:2.4.9-1ubuntu2+esm2 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS | mongodb | 1:2.6.10-0ubuntu1+esm2 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS | mongodb | 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4+esm1 |
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20802