7.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.7%
Memcached is prone to multiple information disclosure
vulnerabilities.
# Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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#
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CPE = "cpe:/a:memcached:memcached";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800715");
script_version("2022-05-09T13:48:18+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-05-09 13:48:18 +0000 (Mon, 09 May 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-05-18 09:37:31 +0200 (Mon, 18 May 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1255", "CVE-2009-1494");
script_name("Memcached < 1.2.8 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_memcached_detect.nasl", "gb_memcached_detect_udp.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("memcached/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/34915");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34756");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1196");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-001.html");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the attacker craft malicious
commands and pass it to the vulnerable functions to gain sensitive information about the
application i.e. disclosure of locations of memory regions and defeat ASLR protections, by sending
a command to the daemon's TCP port.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Memcached version prior to 1.2.8.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"- Error in process_stat function discloses the contents of
/proc/self/maps in response to a stats maps command.
- Error in process_stat function which discloses memory allocation statistics in response to a
stats malloc command.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.2.8 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Memcached is prone to multiple information disclosure
vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_proto( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
exit( 0 );
vers = infos["version"];
proto = infos["proto"];
if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"1.2.8" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.2.8" );
security_message( port:port, proto:proto, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );