High severity · published Apr 14, 2017
CVE-2016-3104
mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory…
7.5
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
MongoDB · MongoDB
2.4.0; 2.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3104
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3104
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94929
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324496
Vendor Advisory
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-24378
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