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CVE-2018-20805 (GCVE-0-2018-20805)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-23 15:20 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:08
VLAI
Title
Invariant with $elemMatch
Summary
A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which perform an $elemMatch . This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.5 and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.10.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-38164 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server Affected: 3.6 , < 3.6.10 (custom)
Affected: 4.0 , < 4.0.5 (custom)
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Date Public
2020-11-30 00:00
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