| Name | CVE-2018-20803 |
| Description | A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which loop indefinitely in mathematics processing while retaining locks. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.5; v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.10; v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.19. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mongodb (PTS) | stretch | 1:3.2.11-2+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 1:3.2.11-2+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mongodb | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - mongodb <postponed> (Minor issue, authenticated DoS)
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-38070
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/a2d97db8fe449d15eb8e275bbf318491781472bf (v3.4.19, AGPL)
Introduced by: https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/a8176cf1da9fdbcc48334bfb3c71fedf37e77879 (v3.1.7)