CVE-2014-3971 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The CmdAuthenticate::_authenticateX509 function in db/commands/authentication_commands.cpp in mongod in MongoDB 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by attempting authentication with an invalid X.509 client certificate.

Published: 2014-12-25

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.6.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-3904	The CmdAuthenticate::_authenticateX509 function in db/commands/authentication_commands.cpp in mongod in MongoDB 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by attempting authentication with an invalid X.509 client certificate.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01031.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/c151e0660b9736fe66b224f1129a16871165251b
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-13753

History

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Subscriptions

Mongodb Mongodb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-12-25T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:57:17.943Z

Reserved: 2014-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3971

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-25T11:59:00.037

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3971

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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