| Name | CVE-2018-20803 |
| Description | A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which loop indefinitely in mathematics processing while retaining locks. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.5; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.10 and MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.19. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mongodb (PTS) | jessie | 1:2.4.10-5+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:3.2.11-2+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mongodb | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| mongodb | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - mongodb <postponed> (Minor issue, authenticated DoS)
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-38070
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/a2d97db8fe449d15eb8e275bbf318491781472bf (v3.4.19, AGPL)
Introduced by: https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/a8176cf1da9fdbcc48334bfb3c71fedf37e77879 (v3.1.7)
[jessie] - mongodb <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)