Denial of service in MongoDB driver for C



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-0437
CWE-ID CWE-835
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 MongoDB driver for C
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor MongoDB, Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU85419

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0437

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when calling the bson_utf8_validate() function on some inputs. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

MongoDB driver for C: 1.0.0 - 1.24.4

CPE2.3 External links

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-4747


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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