SB2014020523 - Buffer over-read in memcached (Alpine package)
Published: February 5, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014020523
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer over-read (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0179)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to boundary error in the process_bin_delete function when running in verbose mode. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash via a request to delete a key, which does not account for the lack of a null terminator in the key and triggers buffer over-read when printing to stderr.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.