High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 14, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-3104

Description

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.

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Affected products

MongoDB/MongoDB3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2.6, 2.4

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94929nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-24378nvdVendor Advisory

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