Ubuntu Security Notice 1897-1 - Jibbers McGee discovered that PyMongo incorrectly handled certain invalid DBRefs. An attacker could use this issue to cause PyMongo to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1897-1
July 03, 2013
pymongo vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
PyMongo could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Software Description:
- pymongo: Python interface to the MongoDB document-oriented database
Details:
Jibbers McGee discovered that PyMongo incorrectly handled certain invalid
DBRefs. An attacker could use this issue to cause PyMongo to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 13.04:
python-bson 2.2-4ubuntu0.1
python-bson-ext 2.2-4ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 12.10:
python-bson 2.2-2ubuntu0.1
python-bson-ext 2.2-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
python-bson 2.1-1ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1897-1
CVE-2013-2132
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pymongo/2.2-4ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pymongo/2.2-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pymongo/2.1-1ubuntu0.1