#VU20847 Out-of-bounds read in memcached - CVE-2019-15026
Published: September 4, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20847
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
memcached
memcached
Software vendor:
Memcached
Memcached
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.