CVE-2016-6494

The client in MongoDB uses world-readable permissions on .dbshell history files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.

• CWE-200

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553Issue Tracking
• https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335Issue Tracking
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553Issue Tracking
• https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335Issue Tracking
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL/

Published

Oct 3, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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