CVE-2018-20803: A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which loop indefinitely in mathematics…

PriorityP336medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.27%

66.2th percentile

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 Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.5; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.10 and MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.19.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mongodb	mongodb	>= 3.4.0 < 3.4.19	3.4.19
mongodb	mongodb	>= 3.6.0 < 3.6.10	3.6.10
mongodb	mongodb	>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.5	4.0.5
mongodb_inc	mongodb_server	>= 3.4 < 3.4.19	3.4.19
mongodb_inc	mongodb_server	>= 3.6 < 3.6.10	3.6.10
mongodb_inc	mongodb_server	>= 4.0 < 4.0.5	4.0.5

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv6.5MEDIUM

vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM

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