Denial of Service when processing malformed Role names (CVE-2020-7925)

Summary

Denial of Service when processing malformed Role names

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Incorrect validation of user input in the role name parser may lead to use of uninitialized memory allowing an unauthenticated attacker to use a specially crafted request to cause a denial of service. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.4 versions prior to 4.4.0; MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.9.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Affected packages

Bitnami mongodb

[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"4.2.0"},{"fixed":"4.2.9"}]}]

References

advisory jira.mongodb.org
web nvd.nist.gov