Post-auth queries on compound index may crash mongod

2020-11-3014:00:00

www.mongodb.com

post-auth

compound index

queryplanner

mongodb server

denial of service

database queries

mongodb inc.

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

29.8%

JSON

A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries with compound indexes affecting QueryPlanner. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.9, v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.3.