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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2018-20802 EUVD-2018-13344GHSA-g6mr-mvf4-4wvj

Post-auth queries on compound index may crash mongod

Published Nov 23, 2020 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by mongodb

Description

A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries with compound indexes affecting QueryPlanner. This issue affects MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.9 and MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.3.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MongoDB MongoDB Server 3.6 – < 3.6.9, 4.0 – < 4.0.3 3.6.9

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS mongodb 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4+esm1 —

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