CVE-2016-6494 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-6494?

CVE-2016-6494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Oct 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6494?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mongodb Mongodb.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6494?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-6494 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6494 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DLA-588-1, GHSA-j4pw-hgvj-fq4w, MINI-qrf3-jc36-xfxg, MINI-rc7c-2m7f-v896, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6494.