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title: "CVE-2015-1609\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1609?format=md
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# CVE-2015-1609

Publication date 30 March 2015

Last updated 27 February 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

MongoDB before 2.4.13 and 2.6.x before 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service via a crafted UTF-8 string in a BSON request.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mongodb | 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 23.04 lunar | Not in release |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:2.4.9-1ubuntu2+esm2  Ubuntu Pro |
| 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1609?format=md#patch-details)

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### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| mongodb | * Upstream:   [3a7e85e](https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/3a7e85ea1f672f702660e5472566234b1d19038e) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1609)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1609)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1609)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1609)

### Other references

* <https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17264>
* <http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152493.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1609>