UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3971

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3971

    Published: 25 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3971

    Summary:

    Details: The CmdAuthenticate::_authenticateX509 function in db/commands/authentication_commands.cpp in mongod in MongoDB 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by attempting authentication with an invalid X.509 client certificate.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3971, https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-13753, https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/c151e0660b9736fe66b224f1129a16871165251b, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3971

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mongodb

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mongodb@1:2.4.9-1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.4.9-1ubuntu2

    Affected versions

    1:2.4.6-0ubuntu5
    1:2.4.6-0ubuntu6
    1:2.4.8-1ubuntu1
    1:2.4.8-2
    1:2.4.9-1
    1:2.4.9-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High