memcached try_read_command() Function Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1023839 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1023839
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2010-1152
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Apr 9 2010
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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:
The vendor has issued a source code fix, available at:
http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/75cc83685e103bc8ba380a57468c8f04413033f9
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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:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:17:16 +0000
Subject: memcached
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http://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=102
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2010/q2/37
cat /dev/zero | nc -q1 127.0.0.1 11211
memcached 1.2.8
CVE-2010-1152
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