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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201611-13
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: MongoDB: Denial of Service
     Date: November 20, 2016
     Bugs: #542880
       ID: 201611-13

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in MongoDB can lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background
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MongoDB (from "humongous") is a scalable, high-performance, open
source, schema-free, document-oriented database.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-db/mongodb               < 2.4.13                  >= 2.4.13 

Description
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MongoDB's 'mongod' server fails to validate some cases of malformed
BSON.

Impact
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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted BSON request possibly
resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All MongoDB users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mongodb-2.4.13"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-1609
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1609

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-13

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5