NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting memcached package, versions <1.5.6-1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.96% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-MEMCACHED-5689366
  • published29 Apr 2019
  • disclosed29 Apr 2019

Introduced: 29 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-11596  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 memcached to version 1.5.6-1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream memcached package and not the memcached package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

In memcached before 1.5.14, a NULL pointer dereference was found in the "lru mode" and "lru temp_ttl" commands. This causes a denial of service when parsing crafted lru command messages in process_lru_command in memcached.c.