CVE-2014-3971 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the MongoDB daemon by sending an invalid X.509 client certificate during authentication attempts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-3971?
CVE-2014-3971 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mongodb Mongodb, published on 25 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The CmdAuthenticate::_authenticateX509 function in db/commands/authentication_commands.cpp in mongod in MongoDB 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by attempting authentication with an invalid X.509 client certificate.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3971?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mongodb Mongodb.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3971?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-3971 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3971 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-gr2p-946w-597h.