CVE-2015-1609 (GCVE-0-2015-1609)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-03-30 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:47
VLAI
Summary
MongoDB before 2.4.13 and 2.6.x before 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted UTF-8 string in a BSON request.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-13 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPC3 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034466 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17264 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2015-02-12 00:00
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      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2015-1609.json",
      "version": "4"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



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