CVE-2021-37519 — Out-of-bounds Write in Memcached

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
MemcachedDebian Memcached
Timeline
PublishedFeb 3
Latest updateApr 15

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c memcached 1.6.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted authenticattion file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/memcached< memcached 1.6.10+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianmemcached/memcached< 1.6.10+dfsg-1+2

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2021-37519: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile↗2023-02-03
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GHSA
GHSA-5pff-p34f-mm94: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile↗2023-02-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Communications Risk Matrix: Patches (memcached) — CVE-2021-37519↗2023-04-15
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Red Hat
memcached: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c↗2023-02-03
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Debian
CVE-2021-37519: memcached - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c memcached 1.6.9 allows attackers to ...↗2021
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