Out-of-bounds read in memcached - CVE-2019-15026

 

Out-of-bounds read in memcached - CVE-2019-15026

Published: September 4, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20847
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15026
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Memcached
Affected software:
memcached

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-15026

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources