CVE-2016-3104 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01286.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mongodb	Mongodb

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.6.0:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4159	mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94929
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324496
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-24378
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3104
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3104

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-04-14T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:47:56.936Z

Reserved: 2016-03-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3104

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-14T18:59:00.250

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-3104

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-12-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3104 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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