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CVE-2019-2389

Process termination via PID file manipulation

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 4.0.11, 3.6.14, 3.4.22
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Incorrect scoping of kill operations in MongoDB Server's packaged SysV init scripts allow users with write access to the PID file to insert arbitrary PIDs to be killed when the root user stops the MongoDB process via SysV init. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.11; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.14; MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.22.

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server

    From 4.0 · fixed in 4.0.11; From 3.6 · fixed in 3.6.14; From 3.4 · fixed in 3.4.22

References 1

jira.mongodb.org