CVE-2016-3104

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.

• CWE-400

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94929Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324496Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-24378Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94929Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324496Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-24378Vendor Advisory

Published

Apr 14, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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