The try_read_command function in memcached.c in memcached before 1.4.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a request to add/set a key, which makes a comparison between signed and unsigned int and triggers a heap-based buffer over-read. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8705.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
---|---|---|---|
Memcached | Memcached | * | 1.4.38 (including) |
Memcached | Ubuntu | artful | * |
Memcached | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
Memcached | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Memcached | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Memcached | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
Memcached | Ubuntu | zesty | * |