CVE-2018-20803

Infinite loop in aggregation expression

State: Published
Severity: 6.5 Medium
Published: Nov 23, 2020
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Mar 15, 2019

Description

A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which loop indefinitely in mathematics processing while retaining locks. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.5; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.10 and MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.19.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	mongodb

Weaknesses

CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
MongoDB ServerMongoDB Inc.	4.0 to before 4.0.5Affected 3.6 to before 3.6.10Affected 3.4 to before 3.4.19Affected

References

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-38070

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