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Memcached < 1.4.17 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
10 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is running Memcached and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in handling of a specially crafted packet, that results to the Memcached segfault and essentially die.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Memcached version 1.4.15 and prior.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Memcached version 1.4.17 or later.