CVE-2013-7290 Denial of service in n/a

Low 1.8 Published 13 Jan 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

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-2013-7290?

CVE-2013-7290 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 do_item_get function in items.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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0179.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7290?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Memcached Memcached.

How do I fix CVE-2013-7290?

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-2013-7290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7290, GHSA-73g2-74h6-466w.