FKIE_CVE-2016-6494

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-10-03 18:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:51
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
The client in MongoDB uses world-readable permissions on .dbshell history files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mongodb mongodb *
mongodb mongodb *
mongodb mongodb *
fedoraproject fedora 25
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