Denial of Service Vulnerability in MongoDB 2.6.x

CVE-2014-3971 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The CmdAuthenticate::_authenticateX509 function in db/commands/authentication_commands.cpp in mongod in MongoDB 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by attempting authentication with an invalid X.509 client certificate.

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