SB2024011609 - Denial of service in MongoDB driver for C
Published: January 16, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024011609
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0437)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.