Vulnerability · Published Mar 24, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-10931
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the memcached package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 28.1% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)28.1%top 1.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Memcached 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted binary protocol header to try_read_command_binary in memcached.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | memcached | 1.6.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10931 |
| Debian:13 | memcached | 1.6.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10931 |
| Debian:14 | memcached | 1.6.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10931 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/629 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/02c6a2b62ddcb6fa4569a591d3461a156a636305 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes162 x_refsource_MISC