CVE-2021-37519

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-37519
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-02-03 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-10 15:26:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c memcached 1.6.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted authenticattion file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Memcached Memcached 1.6.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fix minor severity heap buffer overflow reading `--auth-file` by TysonAndre · Pull Request #806 · memcached/memcached · GitHub MISC github.com
Heap buffer overflow · Issue #805 · memcached/memcached · GitHub MISC github.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 182824 Debian Security Update for memcached (CVE-2021-37519)
  • 356232 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for memcached : ALASMEMCACHED1.5-2023-001
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