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Memcached < 1.5.14 DoS Vulnerability

🗓️ 14 Jun 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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Memcached < 1.5.14 DoS Vulnerability. A NULL pointer dereference in the 'lru mode' and 'lru temp_ttl' commands causes denial of service

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# Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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CPE = "cpe:/a:memcached:memcached";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.140211");
  script_version("2021-08-30T10:01:19+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-08-30 10:01:19 +0000 (Mon, 30 Aug 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-06-14 07:43:44 +0000 (Fri, 14 Jun 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-05-26 16:15:00 +0000 (Tue, 26 May 2020)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-11596");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Memcached < 1.5.14 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_memcached_detect.nasl", "gb_memcached_detect_udp.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("memcached/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Memcached is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A NULL pointer dereference was found in the 'lru mode' and
  'lru temp_ttl' commands. This causes a denial of service when parsing crafted lru command messages
  in process_lru_command in memcached.c.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Memcached prior to 1.5.14.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.5.14 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/474");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_proto(cpe: CPE, port: port))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
proto = infos["proto"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "1.5.14")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.5.14");
  security_message(port: port, proto: proto, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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30 Aug 2021 00:00Current
7.4High risk
Vulners AI Score7.4
CVSS 25
CVSS 37.5
EPSS0.02958
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