VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-3104
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-04-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.
Weakness classification
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Primary references
- secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secalert@redhat.com — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secalert@redhat.com — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory