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Remote Memory Exposure in mongoose

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 1, 2020 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 7, 2023

Package

npm mongoose (npm)

Affected versions

>= 3.5.5, <= 3.8.38
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.3.5

Patched versions

3.8.39
4.3.6

Description

Versions of mongoose before 4.3.6, 3.8.39 are vulnerable to remote memory exposure.

Trying to save a number to a field of type Buffer on the affected mongoose versions allocates a chunk of uninitialized memory and stores it in the database.

Recommendation

Update to version 4.3.6, 3.8.39 or later.

References

Reviewed Aug 31, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 1, 2020
Last updated Dec 7, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-r5xw-q988-826m

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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