CVE-2021-20333

Server log entry spoofing via newline injection

State: Published
Severity: 5.3 Medium
Published: Jul 23, 2021
Updated: Sep 17, 2024
Reserved: Dec 17, 2020

Description

Sending specially crafted commands to a MongoDB Server may result in artificial log entries being generated or for log entries to be split. This issue affects MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.20; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.21 and MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.10.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	mongodb

Weaknesses

CWE-117 Improper Output Neutralization for Logs

Affected Products

Product	Versions
MongoDB ServerMongoDB Inc.	3.6 to before 3.6.20Affected 4.0 to before 4.0.21Affected 4.2 to before 4.2.10Affected

References

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-50605

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