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CVE-2011-4971

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
Publication date:
12/12/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the (1) process_bin_sasl_auth, (2) process_bin_complete_sasl_auth, (3) process_bin_update, and (4) process_bin_append_prepend functions in Memcached 1.4.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large body length value in a packet.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.4.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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