Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in memcached 1.4.4 and earlier versions

CVE-2013-0179 · LOW Severity

AV:A/AC:H/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The process_bin_delete function in memcached.c in memcached 1.4.4 and other versions before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a request to delete a key, which does not account for the lack of a null terminator in the key and triggers a buffer over-read when printing to stderr.

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