[RHSA-2013:1170-01] Important: mongodb and pymongo security and enhancement update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: mongodb and pymongo security and enhancement update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1170-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG for RHEL-6

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1170.html

Issue date: 2013-08-21

CVE Names: CVE-2013-1892 CVE-2013-2132

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1. Summary:

 

Updated mongodb and pymongo packages that fix two security issues and add

one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.3 for Red

Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

 

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having

important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base

scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each

vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 - i386, x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

MongoDB is a NoSQL database. PyMongo provides tools for working with

MongoDB.

 

A flaw was found in the run() function implementation in MongoDB. A

database user permitted to send database queries to a MongoDB server could

use this flaw to crash the server or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with

the privileges of the mongodb user. (CVE-2013-1892)

 

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in PyMongo. An invalid DBRef

record received from a MongoDB server could cause an application using

PyMongo to crash. (CVE-2013-2132)

 

Note: In Red Hat Enterprise MRG Grid, MongoDB is not accessed by users

directly and is only accessed by other Grid services, such as Condor and

Cumin.

 

This update also adds the following enhancement:

 

* Previously, MongoDB was configured to listen for connections on all

network interfaces. This could allow remote users to access the database if

the firewall was configured to allow access to the MongoDB port (access is

blocked by the default firewall configuration in Red Hat Enterprise Linux).

This update changes the configuration to only listen on the loopback

interface by default. (BZ#892767)

 

Users of Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.3 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 are

advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported

patches to resolve these issues and add this enhancement. After installing

this update, MongoDB will be restarted automatically.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to

use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

 

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

927536 - CVE-2013-1892 MongoDB: Server Side JavaScript Includes allow Remote Code Execution

969560 - CVE-2013-2132 pymongo: null pointer when decoding invalid DBRef

 

6. Package List:

 

MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2:

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/RHEMRG-RHEL6/SRPMS/mongodb-1.6.4-6.el6.src.rpm

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/RHEMRG-RHEL6/SRPMS/pymongo-1.9-11.el6.src.rpm

 

i386:

mongodb-1.6.4-6.el6.i686.rpm

mongodb-debuginfo-1.6.4-6.el6.i686.rpm

mongodb-server-1.6.4-6.el6.i686.rpm

pymongo-1.9-11.el6.i686.rpm

pymongo-debuginfo-1.9-11.el6.i686.rpm

python-bson-1.9-11.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

mongodb-1.6.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

mongodb-debuginfo-1.6.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

mongodb-server-1.6.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

pymongo-1.9-11.el6.x86_64.rpm

pymongo-debuginfo-1.9-11.el6.x86_64.rpm

python-bson-1.9-11.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

7. References:

 

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-1892.html

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2132.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.

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