USN-1897-1: PyMongo vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.04
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• 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

• python-bson - 2.1-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2013-2132