PT-2021-15469 · Unknown · Mongo-Express

Behnaz Hassanshahi + 2 · Published 2021-04-13 · Updated 2021-10-06 · CVE-2021-23372

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mongo-express versions prior to the fixed version

Description The issue is related to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition that occurs when exporting an empty collection as CSV. This happens due to an unhandled exception, which leads to a crash.

Recommendations For all affected versions, update to a version that includes a fix for the unhandled exception when exporting empty collections as CSV. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the export of empty collections as CSV until a patch is available.

Fix

Improper Check for Exceptional Conditions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-754

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-23372

GHSA-M2R3-8492-VX59

SNYK-JS-MONGOEXPRESS-1085403

Affected Products

Mongo-Express

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23372 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m2r3-8492-vx59 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express · Note
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MONGOEXPRESS-1085403 · Note