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Ubuntu: USN-5101-1 Critical: MongoDB Denial Of Service Risk

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MongoDB could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5101-1
October 04, 2021

mongodb vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

MongoDB could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.

Software Description:
- mongodb: object/document-oriented database

Details:

It was discovered that MongoDB incorrectly handled certain wire protocol
messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause MongoDB
to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  mongodb                         1:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.3
  mongodb-clients                 1:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.3
  mongodb-server                  1:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.3
  mongodb-server-core             1:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  mongodb                         1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4
  mongodb-clients                 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4
  mongodb-server                  1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4
  mongodb-server-core             1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5101-1
  CVE-2019-20925

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mongodb/1:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mongodb/1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu: USN-5101-1 Critical: MongoDB Denial Of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey October 4, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5102-1 highlights a vulnerability in PostgreSQL that might cause significant memory leaks when handling malformed data packets.
MongoDB could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: mongodb 1:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.3 mongodb-clients 1:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.3 mongodb-server 1:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.3 mongodb-server-core 1:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: mongodb 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4 mongodb-clients 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4 mongodb-server 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4 mongodb-server-core 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5101-1

CVE-2019-20925

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October 04, 2021

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mongodb/1:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mongodb/1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4

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