Memcached 'items.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:64988

Info

Memcached 'items.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 64988
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2013-7290
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 13 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 23 2018 09:00AM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: SuSE Enterprise Storage 4
Oracle Solaris 11.1
openSUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
Memcached memcached 1.4.15
Memcached memcached 1.4.10
Memcached memcached 1.4.9
Memcached memcached 1.4.8
Memcached memcached 1.4.7
Memcached memcached 1.4.6
Memcached memcached 1.4.5
Memcached memcached 1.4.4
Memcached memcached 1.4.16
Memcached memcached 1.4.14
Memcached memcached 1.4.13
Memcached memcached 1.4.12
Memcached memcached 1.4.11
Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64
Mandriva Business Server 1
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: Oracle Solaris 11.1.17.5.0
Memcached memcached 1.4.17

Discussion

Memcached 'items.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

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

Memcached 1.4.4 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Memcached 'items.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

Solution / Fix

Memcached 'items.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

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


MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5

Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64

References

Memcached 'items.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

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