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title: "CVE-2013-3969\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-3969

Publication date 1 October 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The find prototype in scripting/engine\_v8.h in MongoDB 2.4.0 through 2.4.4
allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service
(uninitialized pointer dereference and server crash) or possibly execute
arbitrary code via an invalid RefDB object.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mongodb | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3969)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3969)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-3969)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3969)

### Other references

* <http://www.mongodb.org/about/alerts/ SERVER-9878>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/23>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3969>
