(Oracle Issues Fix) memcached try_read_command() Function Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1025099 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1025099
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2010-1152
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 21 2011
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 1.2.8, possibly other versions
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in memcached. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted data to the target service to cause the target service to hang.
The vulnerability resides in the try_read_command() function.
A demonstration exploit command is provided:
cat /dev/zero | nc -q1 127.0.0.1 11211
fallenpegasus reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the target service to hang.
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Solution:
Oracle has issued a fix for Solaris.
The Oracle advisory is available at:
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/input_validation_vulnerability_in_memcached
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Vendor URL: memcached.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error, State error
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Underlying OS:
UNIX (Solaris - SunOS)
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:10:50 +0000
Subject: http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/input_validation_vulnerability_in_memcached
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CVE-2010-1152
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