Vulnerability identifier: #VU11322

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7291

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
memcached
Server applications / Web servers

Vendor: Memcached

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

The weakness exists due to boundary error when running in verbose mode. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted request that triggers an "unbounded key print" during logging, related to an issue that was "quickly grepped out of the source tree", and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation
Update to version 1.4.17.

Vulnerable software versions

memcached: 1.4.0 - 1.4.16

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External links
http://code.google.com/archive/p/memcached/issues/306

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.