UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13863

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13863

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13863.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13863

Upstream

CVE-2018-13863

Withdrawn

2025-07-18T16:44:41Z

Published

2018-07-10T20:29:00Z

Modified

2025-07-17T16:54:07Z

Severity

7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

The MongoDB bson JavaScript module (also known as js-bson) versions 0.5.0 to 1.0.x before 1.0.5 is vulnerable to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lib/bson/decimal128.js. The flaw is triggered when the Decimal128.fromString() function is called to parse a long untrusted string.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / node-mongodb

Package

Name: node-mongodb
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-mongodb@3.5.5+~3.2.7-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.5.5+~3.2.7-1

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.1+~3.2.7-1

3.3.2+~3.2.7-1

3.3.3+~3.2.7-1

3.3.5+~3.2.7-1

3.4.0+~3.2.7-1

3.4.1+~3.2.7-1

3.5.0+~3.2.7-1

3.5.2+~3.2.7-1

3.5.3+~3.2.7-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-mongodb",
            "binary_version": "3.5.5+~3.2.7-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}