{"id":"USN-8064-1","summary":"mongodb vulnerabilities","details":"Eliot Horowitz discovered that MongoDB may fail to validate some instances\nof malformed BSON. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nMongoDB to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-1609)\n\nIt was discovered that MongoDB read raw permissions from .dbshell history\nfiles. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive\ninformation. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04\nLTS. (CVE-2016-6494)\n\nTravis Brown discovered that MongoDB may be unable to parse specially\ncrafted UTF-8 strings in BSON requests. A remote attacker could possibly\nuse this issue to cause MongoDB to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-20802)","modified":"2026-04-22T11:06:13.580246Z","published":"2026-02-25T16:46:04Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1609","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6494","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20802"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-20802","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20802"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8064-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20802"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mongodb","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mongodb@1:2.4.9-1ubuntu2+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.4.9-1ubuntu2+esm2"}]}],"versions":["1:2.4.6-0ubuntu5","1:2.4.6-0ubuntu6","1:2.4.8-1ubuntu1","1:2.4.8-2","1:2.4.9-1","1:2.4.9-1ubuntu1","1:2.4.9-1ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"mongodb","binary_version":"1:2.4.9-1ubuntu2+esm2"},{"binary_name":"mongodb-clients","binary_version":"1:2.4.9-1ubuntu2+esm2"},{"binary_name":"mongodb-server","binary_version":"1:2.4.9-1ubuntu2+esm2"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8064-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","cves":[]}}},{"package":{"name":"mongodb","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mongodb@1:2.6.10-0ubuntu1+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.6.10-0ubuntu1+esm2"}]}],"versions":["1:2.6.10-0ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"mongodb","binary_version":"1:2.6.10-0ubuntu1+esm2"},{"binary_name":"mongodb-clients","binary_version":"1:2.6.10-0ubuntu1+esm2"},{"binary_name":"mongodb-server","binary_version":"1:2.6.10-0ubuntu1+esm2"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8064-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[]}}},{"package":{"name":"mongodb","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mongodb@1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4+esm1"}]}],"versions":["1:3.4.7-1","1:3.4.7-1ubuntu1","1:3.4.7-1ubuntu2","1:3.4.7-1ubuntu4","1:3.4.14-3ubuntu1","1:3.4.14-3ubuntu2","1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1","1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.1","1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.3","1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"mongodb","binary_version":"1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4+esm1"},{"binary_name":"mongodb-clients","binary_version":"1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4+esm1"},{"binary_name":"mongodb-server","binary_version":"1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4+esm1"},{"binary_name":"mongodb-server-core","binary_version":"1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4+esm1"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8064-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2018-20802","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}