CVE-2013-0179

Summary

CVECVE-2013-0179
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-13 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2018-03-25 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.10 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.11 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.12 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.13 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.14 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.15 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.16 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.4 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.5 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.6 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.7 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.8 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.9 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.10 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.11 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.12 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.13 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.14 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.15 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.16 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.4 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.5 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.6 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.7 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.8 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2080-1: Memcached vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting. CONFIRM code.google.com
Issue 306 - memcached - Crash when performing deletion - Memcached - Google Project Hosting CONFIRM code.google.com Exploit, Patch
Bug 895054 – CVE-2013-0179 memcached: DoS due to buffer overrun when printing out keys to be deleted in verbose mode CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
memcached Verbose Mode Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
ReleaseNotes1417 - memcached - Release notes for Release 1.4.17 - Memcached - Google Project Hosting CONFIRM code.google.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: memcached DoS when printing out keys to be deleted in verbose mode MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE request: memcached DoS when printing out keys to be deleted in verbose mode MLIST www.openwall.com
Security Advisory SA56183 - Debian update for memcached - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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