mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2016-3104 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | mongodb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Storage Console 2 | mongodb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-mongodb26-mongodb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-mongodb30upg-mongodb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-mongodb32-mongodb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | mongodb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | mongodb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | mongodb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | mongodb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | mongodb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | mongodb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | mongodb | Will not fix |
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