cve/2014/CVE-2014-3971.md

### [CVE-2014-3971](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3971)
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### Description

The CmdAuthenticate::_authenticateX509 function in db/commands/authentication_commands.cpp in mongod in MongoDB 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by attempting authentication with an invalid X.509 client certificate.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/Ch4p34uN0iR/mongoaudit
- https://github.com/gold1029/mongoaudit
- https://github.com/stampery/mongoaudit