CVE-2020-7924

Specific command line parameter might result in accepting invalid certificate

State: Published
Severity: 4.2 Medium
Published: Apr 12, 2021
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Jan 23, 2020

Description

Usage of specific command line parameter in MongoDB Tools which was originally intended to just skip hostname checks, may result in MongoDB skipping all certificate validation. This may result in accepting invalid certificates.This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Database Tools 3.6 versions later than 3.6.5; 3.6 versions prior to 3.6.21; 4.0 versions prior to 4.0.21; 4.2 versions prior to 4.2.11; 100 versions prior to 100.2.0. MongoDB Inc. Mongomirror 0 versions later than 0.6.0.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.2 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N	mongodb

Weaknesses

CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

Affected Products

Product	Versions
MongoDB Database ToolsMongoDB Inc.	3.6.5 through 3.6.21Affected 4.0 to before 4.0.21Affected 4.2 to before 4.2.11Affected 100 to before 100.2.0Affected
MongomirrorMongoDB Inc.	0.6.0 to before 0*Affected

References

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/TOOLS-2587

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