CVE-2013-2132

medium
Published 2013-08-15 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
4.3

Description

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."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2132

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-python-driver/commit/a060c15ef87e0f0e72974c7c0e57fe811bbd06a2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1897-1

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu13.04affected
suse suse12.3affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.5.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.5.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.5.2-1
debian debiansidfixed2.5.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.5.2-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIpymongo<2.5.22.5.2
python PyPIpymongo<a060c15ef87e0f0e72974c7c0e57fe811bbd06a2||<2.5.2a060c15ef87e0f0e72974c7c0e57fe811bbd06a2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mongodb mongodbmongodb{"endIncluding":"2.5.1"}
mongodb mongodbmongodb1.2.0
mongodb mongodbmongodb1.4.0
mongodb mongodbmongodb1.6.0
mongodb mongodbmongodb1.8.0
mongodb mongodbmongodb2.0.0
mongodb mongodbmongodb2.2.0
mongodb mongodbmongodb2.4.0
mongodb mongodbmongodb2.4.1
mongodb mongodbmongodb2.4.2
mongodb mongodbmongodb2.4.3
mongodb mongodbmongodb2.4.4
mongodb mongodbmongodb2.4.5
mongodb mongodbmongodb2.5.0

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.