CVE-2018-1000115
CVE-2018-1000115
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Memcached version 1.5.5 contains an Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification, CWE-406) vulnerability in the UDP support of the memcached server that can result in denial of service via network flood (traffic amplification of 1:50,000 has been reported by reliable sources). This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity to port 11211 UDP. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.5.6 due to the disabling of the UDP protocol by default.
CVSS 7.5 · High · EPSS 88.1% · Public exploit · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
memcached Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1.5.6-1
Update to 1.5.6-1
memcached Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1.5.6-1
Update to 1.5.6-1
memcached Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1.5.6-1
Update to 1.5.6-1
memcached Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.4.14-0ubuntu4
- 1.4.14-0ubuntu8
- 1.4.14-0ubuntu9
- 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.2
Update to 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.2
memcached Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.4.24-2ubuntu1
- 1.4.25-1ubuntu2
- 1.4.25-2ubuntu1
- 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.3
Update to 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.3
Original sources
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:2140
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1593
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3588-1/
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes156
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44264/
- https://twitter.com/dormando/status/968579781729009664
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44265/
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/dbb7a8af90054bf4ef51f5814ef7ceb17d83d974
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2857
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1627
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2331
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4218
- https://blogs.akamai.com/2018/03/memcached-fueled-13-tbps-attacks.html
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/348
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_07
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000115