An out-of-bounds read in the 'bson' module of PyMongo 4.6.2 or earlier allows deserialization of malformed BSON provided by a Server to raise an exception which may contain arbitrary application memory.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:8419 advisory.

    * python-pymongo: Out-of-bounds read in bson module (CVE-2024-5629)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-8419 advisory.

    python36     python-distro     python-docs     python-docutils     python-nose     python-pygments     python-pymongo     [3.7.0-2]
    - Backport CVE-2024-5629

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:8419 advisory.

    Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules,     classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to     many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.

    Security Fix(es):

    * python-pymongo: Out-of-bounds read in bson module (CVE-2024-5629)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3889 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3889-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                   Bastien Roucaris     September 16, 2024                            https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : pymongo     Version        : 3.11.0-1+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-5629

    pymongo a python interface to the MongoDB document-oriented database     was vulnerable.

    An out-of-bounds read in the 'bson' module allowed deserialization of     malformed BSON provided by a Server to raise an exception which may contain     arbitrary application memory.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     3.11.0-1+deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your pymongo packages.

    For the detailed security status of pymongo please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/pymongo

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6904-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that PyMongo incorrectly handled certain BSON. An attacker could possibly use this issue     to read sensitive information or cause a crash.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3832 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3832-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                   Bastien Roucaris     June 17, 2024                                 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : pymongo     Version        : 3.7.1-1.1+deb10u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-5629

    An out-of-bounds read in the 'bson' module allowed deserialization of     malformed BSON provided by a Server to raise an exception which may contain     arbitrary application memory.

    For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version     3.7.1-1.1+deb10u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your pymongo packages.

    For the detailed security status of pymongo please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/pymongo

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-614 advisory.

    Versions of the package pymongo before 4.6.3 are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the bson module.
    Using the crafted payload the attacker could force the parser to deserialize unmanaged memory. The parser     tries to interpret bytes next to buffer and throws an exception with string. If the following bytes are     not printable UTF-8 the parser throws an exception with a single byte. (CVE-2024-21506)

    An out-of-bounds read in the 'bson' module of PyMongo 4.6.2 or earlier allows deserialization of malformed     BSON provided by a Server to raise an exception which may contain arbitrary application memory.
    (CVE-2024-5629)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Versions of the package pymongo before 4.6.3 are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the bson module. Using the crafted payload the attacker could force the parser to deserialize unmanaged memory. The parser tries to interpret bytes next to buffer and throws an exception with string. If the following bytes are not printable UTF-8 the parser throws an exception with a single byte.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
237795	AlmaLinux 8 : python36:3.6 (ALSA-2025:8419)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
237729	Oracle Linux 8 : python36:3.6 (ELSA-2025-8419)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
237687	RHEL 8 : python36:3.6 (RHSA-2025:8419)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
207294	Debian dla-3889 : python-pymongo-doc - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
202933	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : PyMongo vulnerability (USN-6904-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
200653	Debian dla-3832 : python-bson - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
196920	Amazon Linux 2023 : python3-bson, python3-pymongo, python3-pymongo-gridfs (ALAS2023-2024-614)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
193202	PyMongo < 4.6.3 Out-of-bounds Read	Nessus	Misc.	high

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