Memcached and MemcacheDB ASLR Information Disclosure Weakness

BID:34756

Info

Memcached and MemcacheDB ASLR Information Disclosure Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 34756
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2009-1255
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 28 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:49PM
Credit: Joe Testa
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 11
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.3
Pardus Linux 2008 0
MemcacheDB MemcacheDB 1.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
Danga Interactive memcached 1.2.7
Not Vulnerable: Danga Interactive memcached 1.2.8

Discussion

Memcached and MemcacheDB ASLR Information Disclosure Weakness

Memcached and MemcacheDB are prone to an information-disclosure weakness that may aid attackers in bypassing Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) protections.

Attackers can exploit this weakness to gain access to sensitive information such as stack, heap, and shared-library memory locations. Information obtained may aid in other attacks.

Memcached v1.2.7 and MemcacheDB v1.2.0 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Memcached and MemcacheDB ASLR Information Disclosure Weakness

An attacker can use readily available network utilities to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Memcached and MemcacheDB ASLR Information Disclosure Weakness

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0

Danga Interactive memcached 1.2.7

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64

References

Memcached and MemcacheDB ASLR Information Disclosure Weakness

References:

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