CVE-2019-20925

Denial of service via malformed network packet

Published Nov 24, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
An unauthenticated client can trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted wire protocol messages, which cause the message decompressor to incorrectly allocate memory. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.1; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.13; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.15 and MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.24.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-11455 An unauthenticated client can trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted wire protocol messages, which cause the message decompressor to incorrectly allocate memory. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.1; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.13; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.15 and MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.24.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5101-1 MongoDB vulnerability
History
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Description An unauthenticated client can trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted wire protocol messages, which cause the message decompressor to incorrectly allocate memory. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.1; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.13; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.15 and MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.24. An unauthenticated client can trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted wire protocol messages, which cause the message decompressor to incorrectly allocate memory. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.1; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.13; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.15 and MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.24.
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mongodb
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 11:45 PM
Reserved
Oct 6, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 24, 2020, 11:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:31 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 1, 2019, 12:00 AM