CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-3971

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2014-12-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-12-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• mongodb mongodb 2.6.0 • mongodb mongodb 2.6.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References