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ubuntu-cve-2015-1609

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2015-03-30 14:59

Modified

2026-04-22 07:37

Summary

Details

MongoDB before 2.4.13 and 2.6.x before 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted UTF-8 string in a BSON request.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1609	REPORT
	https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17264	REPORT
	http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1609	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8064-1	ADVISORY

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        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
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CVE-2015-1609 (GCVE-0-2015-1609)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-03-30 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:47

Summary

MongoDB before 2.4.13 and 2.6.x before 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted UTF-8 string in a BSON request.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-13	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPC3	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034466	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17264	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2015-02-12 00:00

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usn-8064-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-02-25 16:46

Modified

2026-06-25 10:47

Summary

mongodb vulnerabilities

Details

Eliot Horowitz discovered that MongoDB may fail to validate some instances of malformed BSON. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause MongoDB to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-1609)

It was discovered that MongoDB read raw permissions from .dbshell history files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6494)

Travis Brown discovered that MongoDB may be unable to parse specially crafted UTF-8 strings in BSON requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause MongoDB to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-20802)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8064-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20802	REPORT

JSON

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2015-1609

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2015-1609 (GCVE-0-2015-1609)

usn-8064-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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