| Name | CVE-2023-0437 |
| Description | When calling bson_utf8_validate on some inputs a loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached may occur, i.e. an infinite loop. This issue affects All MongoDB C Driver versions prior to versions 1.25.0. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4160-1, DLA-4175-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libbson-xs-perl (PTS) | bullseye | 0.8.4-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 0.8.4-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.8.4-2+deb12u1 | fixed |
| mongo-c-driver (PTS) | bullseye | 1.17.6-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 1.17.6-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.23.1-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1.30.3-1 | fixed |
| sid | 1.30.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - mongo-c-driver <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-4747
Fixed by: https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/commit/fd3a978b35cac8f3c78c4d9a1b08fd5aa4d440b8 (1.25.0)
Fixed by: https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/commit/be865dd759a28aa268232766f304d1bc11f1e8f7 (r1.24 branch)