CVE-2013-7291 Denial of service in n/a

Low 1.8 Published 13 Jan 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash memcached by sending specific requests when verbose logging is enabled, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2013-7291?

CVE-2013-7291 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

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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7291?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Memcached Memcached.

How do I fix CVE-2013-7291?

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-2013-7291 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7291 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7291, GHSA-837m-gcpw-m94w.