SB2019090411 - Denial of service in memcached



SB2019090411 - Denial of service in memcached

Published: September 4, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019090411
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15026)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to stack-based buffer over-read in conn_to_str() function in memcached.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.