MongoDB 3.6 < 3.6.20, 4.0 < 4.0.20, 4.2 < 4.2.9, 4.4 < 4.4.1 Read Overrun Vulnerability - Linux
🗓️ 02 Dec 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| jira | www.jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-49404 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:mongodb:mongodb";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.144947");
script_version("2026-01-09T05:47:51+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-01-09 05:47:51 +0000 (Fri, 09 Jan 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-12-02 05:14:51 +0000 (Wed, 02 Dec 2020)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-12-02 21:48:00 +0000 (Wed, 02 Dec 2020)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-7928");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("MongoDB 3.6 < 3.6.20, 4.0 < 4.0.20, 4.2 < 4.2.9, 4.4 < 4.4.1 Read Overrun Vulnerability - Linux");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Databases");
script_dependencies("gb_mongodb_wire_protocol_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("mongodb/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"MongoDB is prone to a read overrun vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger a read overrun and
access arbitrary memory by issuing specially crafted queries.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MongoDB versions 3.6 prior to 3.6.20, 4.0 prior to 4.0.20, 4.2 prior to
4.2.9 and 4.4 prior to 4.4.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.6.20, 4.0.20, 4.2.9, 4.4.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-49404");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
exit(0);
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "3.6", test_version2: "3.6.19")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.6.20");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.0", test_version2: "4.0.19")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.0.20");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.2", test_version2: "4.2.8")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.2.9");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version == "4.4.0") {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.4.1");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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