Denial of service in Dormando Memcached



Published: 2017-05-22 | Updated: 2018-03-16
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-1000127
CWE-ID CWE-190
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		memcached
Server applications / Web servers

Vendor Memcached

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU11124

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000127

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update to version 1.4.37 or later.

Vulnerable software versions

memcached: 1.4 - 1.4.36

CPE2.3 External links

http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/a8c4a82787b8b6c256d61bd5c42fb7f92d1bae00


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