CVE-2016-3104

HIGH

MongoDB 2.6 - Denial of Service via Non-Existent Database Authentication

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324496
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94929
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-24378

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0249
EPSS Percentile 82.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (2)
mongodb/mongodb 2.4.0
mongodb/mongodb 2.6.0
Published Apr 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026