CVE-2013-0179 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via segmentation fault in memcached when verbose mode is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-0179?
CVE-2013-0179 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0179?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Memcached Memcached.
How do I fix CVE-2013-0179?
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-2013-0179 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0179 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0179, GHSA-w2x5-3r39-4jxq.