CVE-2017-9951

Summary

CVECVE-2017-9951
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-17 13:18:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe try_read_command function in memcached.c in memcached before 1.4.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a request to add/set a key, which makes a comparison between signed and unsigned int and triggers a heap-based buffer over-read. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8705.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Memcached Memcached All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ReleaseNotes1439 · memcached/memcached Wiki · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Memcached Server CVE-2017-9951 | Twistlock Vulnerability Report MISC www.twistlock.com Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
groups.google.com/forum/message/raw MISC groups.google.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4218-1 memcached DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-3588-1: Memcached vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Memcached CVE-2017-9951 Incomplete Fix Integer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671070 EulerOS Security Update for memcached (EulerOS-SA-2019-2631)
  • 671098 EulerOS Security Update for memcached (EulerOS-SA-2019-2213)
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