CVE-2013-0179
lowpriority · track · 8EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (14)
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references (26)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/56183cnnvd
- http://www.memcached.org/files/memcached-1.4.17.tar.gzPatchcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/4cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/6cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895054cnnvd
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/attachmentText?id=306&aid=3060004000&name=0001-Fix-buffer-overrun-when-logging-key-to-delete-in-bin.patch&token=3GEzHThBL5cxmUrsYANkW03RrNY%3A1358179503096cnnvd
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=306cnnvd
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417cnnvd
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