CVE-2010-1152 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in memcached by sending a long line that triggers excessive memory allocation, crashing or hanging the daemon.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-1152?
CVE-2010-1152 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Apr 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
memcached.c in memcached before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang or crash) via a long line that triggers excessive memory allocation. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1152?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Memcachedb Memcached.
How do I fix CVE-2010-1152?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-1152 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-1152 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1152, GHSA-jp9p-pjv6-qv68.