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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2013-1892 EUVD-2013-1890GHSA-vv9j-qmgv-fcp5

MongoDB before 2.0.9 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly validate requests to the nativeHelper function in SpiderMonkey, which allows …

Published Oct 1, 2013 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Description

MongoDB before 2.0.9 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly validate requests to the nativeHelper function in SpiderMonkey, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and server crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted memory address in the first argument.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat MRG 2 mongodb +1 1.6.4-6.el6 RHSA-2013:1170
Red Hat MRG 2 pymongo +1 1.9-11.el6 RHSA-2013:1170

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 2

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Advisories 2

References