CVE-2013-7291
lowpriority · track · 7EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
memcached before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request that triggers an "unbounded key print" during logging, related to an issue that was "quickly grepped out of the source tree," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0179 and CVE-2013-7290.
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affected products (18)
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references (9)
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- http://www.memcached.org/files/memcached-1.4.17.tar.gzPatchcnnvd
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=306cnnvd
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64989enisa_euvd
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=306enisa_euvd
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64989nvd
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=306ExploitPatchnvd
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