Integer overflow in memcached - CVE-2018-1000127
Published: March 16, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11124
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000127
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Memcached
Affected software:
memcached
memcached
Detailed vulnerability 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.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000127
Update to version 1.4.37 or later.