Description
mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.
Published: 2017-04-14
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-4159 mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:47:56.936Z

Reserved: 2016-03-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3104

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-14T18:59:00.250

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-3104

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-12-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3104 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses