CVE-2022-48571

Publication date 22 August 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

memcached 1.6.7 allows a Denial of Service via multi-packet uploads in UDP.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
memcached	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1.5.22-2ubuntu0.3
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.5.6-0ubuntu1.2+esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.5+esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

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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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6382-1
Memcached vulnerability
19 September 2023