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CVE-2013-2132 (GCVE-0-2013-2132)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-08-15 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:27
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Summary
bson/_cbsonmodule.c in the mongo-python-driver (aka. pymongo) before 2.5.2, as used in MongoDB, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to decoding of an "invalid DBRef."
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CWE
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