Memcached 1.5.16 Unix Socket memcached.c conn_to_str out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Memcached 1.5.16. The affected element is the function conn_to_str of the file memcached.c of the component Unix Socket Handler. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-15026. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Memcached 1.5.16. Affected by this issue is the function conn_to_str of the file memcached.c of the component Unix Socket Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

memcached 1.5.16, when UNIX sockets are used, has a stack-based buffer over-read in conn_to_str in memcached.c.

The weakness was presented 08/30/2019 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-15026 since 08/13/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Memcached

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• 1.5.16

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/memcached/memcached/

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