memcached Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:59567

Info

memcached Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 59567
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2011-4971
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 29 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 23 2018 09:00AM
Credit: infodox
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 13.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 13.04
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS
SuSE Enterprise Storage 4
openSUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
Memcached memcached 1.4.3
Memcached memcached 1.4.2
Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64
Mandriva Business Server 1
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 6.0 sparc
Debian Linux 6.0 s/390
Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 6.0 mips
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 6.0 arm
Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

memcached Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

memcached is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.



Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the application, denying service to legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

memcached Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

memcached Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].


MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5

Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64

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memcached Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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