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memcached < 1.5.17 DoS Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
2.1
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
4 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
memcached is prone to a denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
memcached 1.5.16 has a stack-based buffer over-read in conn_to_str in memcached.c when UNIX sockets are used.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Memcached version prior to 1.5.17.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 1.5.17 or later.