CVE-2020-7923 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-7923: Specific GeoQuery can cause DoS against MongoDB Server

Vendor Mongodb Inc.
Product MongoDB Server
Weakness CWE-755
Published August 21, 2020
Last update September 17, 2024
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A user authorized to perform database queries may cause denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which violate an invariant in the query subsystem's support for geoNear. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.4 versions prior to 4.4.0-rc7; MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.8 and MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.19.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 21, 2020 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated