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CVE-2013-0179

Published: 15 January 2013

The process_bin_delete function in memcached.c in memcached 1.4.4 and other versions before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a request to delete a key, which does not account for the lack of a null terminator in the key and triggers a buffer over-read when printing to stderr.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
requires '-vv' with is non-default
mdeslaur
The second commit in the bug report was split out into two
additional CVEs, CVE-2013-7290 and CVE-2013-7291.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
memcached
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
lucid Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
oneiric Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
precise
Released (1.4.13-0ubuntu2.1)
quantal
Released (1.4.14-0ubuntu1.12.10.1)
raring
Released (1.4.14-0ubuntu1.13.04.1)
saucy
Released (1.4.14-0ubuntu4.1)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/0f605245cf3f37c2efe4e225237ad17256ea2a34
upstream: https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/fbe823d9a61b5149cd6e3b5e17bd28dd3b8dd760