CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-20803

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Nov 23, 2020 | Modified: Jan 23, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which loop indefinitely in mathematics processing while retaining locks. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.5; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.10 and MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.19.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mongodb Mongodb 3.4.0 (including) 3.4.19 (excluding)
Mongodb Mongodb 3.6.0 (including) 3.6.10 (excluding)
Mongodb Mongodb 4.0.0 (including) 4.0.5 (excluding)

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