MongoDB engine_v8 DoS Vulnerability - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:mongodb:mongodb";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.808149");
  script_version("2026-01-09T05:47:51+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-3969");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-01-09 05:47:51 +0000 (Fri, 09 Jan 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-06-07 10:55:52 +0530 (Tue, 07 Jun 2016)");
  script_name("MongoDB engine_v8 DoS Vulnerability - Linux");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
  remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service condition by
  dereferencing an uninitialized pointer.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An error exists in engine_v8 which fails
  to parse certain regular expressions.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to MongoDB version 2.4.5 or 2.5.1 or later.");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"MongoDB is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MongoDB version 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 on Linux");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.mongodb.org/about/alerts");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/54170");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-9878");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
  script_family("Databases");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_mongodb_wire_protocol_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mongodb/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");
  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if(!port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE))
  exit(0);

if(!ver = get_app_version(cpe:CPE, port:port))
  exit(0);

if(ver =~ "^2\.4")
{
  if(version_in_range(version:ver, test_version:"2.4.0", test_version2:"2.4.4"))
  {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:ver, fixed_version:"2.4.5");
    security_message(data:report, port:port);
    exit(0);
  }
}