Bug 1934765 (CVE-2018-25004)

Summary: CVE-2018-25004 mongodb: Denial of service through generic explain command on a find query
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Nobody <nobody>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: athomas, bkearney, databases-maint, hhorak, jjoyce, jorton, jschluet, lhh, lpeer, mburns, sclewis, slinaber
Target Milestone: ---Keywords: Security
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: mongodb 3.6.11, mongodb 4.0.6, mongodb 4.1.7 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:
An improper input validation flaw causing a denial-of-service found in MongoDB. An attacker can perform a specific type of query which issues a generic explain command on a find query causing denial-of-service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to the system availability.
 Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On: 1940520, 1944735    
Bug Blocks: 1934768    

Description Pedro Sampaio 2021-03-03 19:33:29 UTC 
A user authorized to performing a specific type of query may trigger a denial of service by issuing a generic explain command on a find query. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.6; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.11.

References:

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-38275
Comment 1 Riccardo Schirone 2021-03-18 15:13:49 UTC 
Upstream patches:
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/722f06f3217c029ef9c50062c8cc775966fd7ead [master]
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/d315547544d7146b93a8e6e94cc4b88cd0d19c95 [v4.0]
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/5c7c6729c37514760fd34da462b6961a2e385417 [v3.6]
Comment 3 Yadnyawalk Tale 2021-03-30 15:07:22 UTC 
External References:

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-38275