CVE-2018-1000127

Publication date 13 March 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

memcached version prior to 1.4.37 contains an Integer Overflow vulnerability in items.c:item_free() that can result in data corruption and deadlocks due to items existing in hash table being reused from free list. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity to the memcached service. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.4.37 and later.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
memcached 17.10 artful
Fixed 1.4.33-1ubuntu3.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.3

Patch details

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Package Patch details
memcached

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3601-1
    • Memcached vulnerability
    • 19 March 2018

Other references