Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201801-5

Severity: High
Date : 2018-01-05
CVE-ID : CVE-2017-15535
Package : mongodb
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-503

Summary

The package mongodb before version 3.6.0-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary
code execution.

Resolution

Upgrade to 3.6.0-1.

pacman -Syu “mongodb>=3.6.0-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.6.0.

Workaround

To disable wire protocol compression, users may specify disabled as the
compression engine, either in the command line:

--networkMessageCompressors disabled

or, alternatively, in the mongod configuration file as:

net:
    compression:
        compressors: disabled

Description

MongoDB 3.4.x before 3.4.10, has a disabled-by-default configuration
setting, networkMessageCompressors (aka wire protocol compression),
which exposes a vulnerability when enabled that could be exploited by a
malicious attacker to deny service or modify memory of the running
process.

Impact

A remote unprivileged attacker is able to crash the mongodb service or
modify memory of the running process.

References

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/56379
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-31273
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/5ad69b851801edadbfde8fdf271f4ba7c21170b5
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-15535