PT-2020-5936
Published
2020-10-07
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Updated
2020-10-07
Description by
CVSS 2.0
9.3
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
MongoDB Cloud Manager, MongoDB Ops Manager, MongoDB Atlas Legacy Backups, and MongoDB (affected versions not specified)
Description:
The issue is related to the improper handling of mismatched special elements in the backup snapshot functionality of the mentioned MongoDB management platforms. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, resulting in "invalid tar header" error messages when loading a backup snapshot using the mongod daemon.
Recommendations:
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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