Memcached
CVE-2013-0179
LOW
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, buffer size validation
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 1.8 (LOW). Attack characteristics: adjacent network attack vector, high complexity. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.34%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. |
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The process_bin_delete function in memcached.c in memcached 1.4.4 and other versions before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation. Rated low severity (CVSS 1.8). Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
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No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.
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This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. The process_bin_delete function in memcached.c in memcached 1.4.4 and other versions before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a request to delete a key, which does not account for the lack of a null terminator in the key and triggers a buffer over-read when printing to stderr. Affected products include: Memcached. Version information: before 1.4.17.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
The process_bin_delete function in memcached.c in memcached 1.4.4 and other versions before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a request to delete a key, which does not account for the lack of a null terminator in the key and triggers a buffer over-read when printing to stderr.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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Multiple integer overflows in process_bin_update function in Memcached, which is responsible for processing multiple com
PHP-Memcached v2.2.0 and below contains an improper NULL termination which allows attackers to execute CLRF injection. R
The try_read_command function in memcached.c in memcached before 1.4.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of ser
Memcached 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted binary pr
In memcached before 1.5.14, a NULL pointer dereference was found in the "lru mode" and "lru temp_ttl" commands. Rated hi
Memcached version 1.5.5 contains an Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification, CWE-406) vuln
In Memcached before 1.6.22, an off-by-one error exists when processing proxy requests in proxy mode, if \n is used inste
Out-of-bounds read in memcached versions 1.6.41-1.6.43 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to crash the ASCII auth
Timing side-channel in memcached versions prior to 1.6.42 allows remote attackers to recover SASL authentication credent
Observable timing discrepancy in memcached prior to version 1.6.42 enables remote attackers to enumerate valid SASL auth
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