CVE-2019-20923 — Exposed Dangerous Method or Function in INC Mongodb Server

CWE-749 — Exposed Dangerous Method or Function5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mongodb INC Mongodb ServerMongodb
Timeline
PublishedNov 23
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which throw unhandled Javascript exceptions containing types intended to be scoped to the Javascript engine's internals. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.7.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5mongodb_inc/mongodb_server4.0 — 4.0.7
▶NVDmongodb/mongodb4.0.0 — 4.0.7

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-f4mh-7qwc-2533: A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which throw unhandled Javascript exc↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Crash while handling internal Javascript exception types↗2020-11-23
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OSV
CVE-2019-20923: A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which throw unhandled Javascript exc↗2020-11-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
mongodb: Denial of service via unhandled Javascript exceptions↗2020-11-23
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