SB2017052212 - Denial of service in Dormando Memcached



SB2017052212 - Denial of service in Dormando Memcached

Published: May 22, 2017 Updated: March 16, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2017052212
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
  • Low
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000127)

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the items.c:item_free() function due to improper bounds checks. A remote attacker can trigger integer overflow and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.