CVE-2013-0179

Publication date 15 January 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

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Status

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No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
memcached	13.10 saucy	Fixed 1.4.14-0ubuntu4.1
	13.04 raring	Fixed 1.4.14-0ubuntu1.13.04.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 1.4.14-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.4.13-0ubuntu2.1
	11.10 oneiric	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

requires ‘-vv’ with is non-default

mdeslaur

The second commit in the bug report was split out into two additional CVEs, CVE-2013-7290 and CVE-2013-7291.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
memcached	Upstream: 0f60524 Upstream: fbe823d

CVE-2013-0179

Status

Notes

jdstrand

mdeslaur

Patch details

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