PT-2017-14091 · Mongodb · Mongodb

Published 2017-11-01 · Updated 2017-11-22 · CVE-2017-15535

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.1

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MongoDB versions 3.4.x through 3.4.9 MongoDB versions 3.5.x-development

Description The issue is related to a configuration setting, networkMessageCompressors, which is disabled by default. When enabled, it exposes a potential problem that could be exploited by a malicious attacker to deny service or modify memory.

Recommendations For MongoDB versions 3.4.x through 3.4.9, consider disabling the networkMessageCompressors setting to prevent potential exploitation. For MongoDB versions 3.5.x-development, avoid using the networkMessageCompressors setting until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the networkMessageCompressors setting for all affected versions until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-15535

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:3018-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:3022-1

Affected Products

Mongodb

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15535 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15535 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15535 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2017:3018-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2017:3022-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-31273 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15535 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15535 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15535 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101689 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1065956 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15535 · Note