CVE-2013-7239

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-7239
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-13 21:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionmemcached before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending an invalid request with SASL credentials, then sending another request with incorrect SASL credentials.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.8 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

EPSS: 0.002990000 probability, percentile 0.531960000 (date 2026-05-01)

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.0 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.1 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 1.4.2 All All All
Application Memcached Memcached 1.4.3 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 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA56183 - Debian update for memcached - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2832-1 memcached af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
ReleaseNotes1417 - memcached - Release notes for Release 1.4.17 - Memcached - Google Project Hosting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com Patch
USN-2080-1: Memcached vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
memcache SASL Authentication Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-sec: Re: CVE Request: SASL authentication allows wrong credentials to access memcache af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
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