Bug 2167008 (CVE-2021-37519)

Summary:	CVE-2021-37519 memcached: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	apevec, eglynn, jjoyce, jschluet, lhh, mburns, mgarciac, rhos-maint, spower, tkorbar
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	memcached 1.6.10	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in memcached, where it is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the authfile.c script. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker can cause a denial of service.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2167009, 2181510, 2181511
Bug Blocks:	2180068

Description Pedro Sampaio 2023-02-03 22:07:05 UTC

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c memcached 1.6.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted authenticattion file.

References:

https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/805
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/pull/806/commits/264722ae4e248b453be00e97197dadc685b60fd0

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2023-02-03 22:07:20 UTC

Created memcached tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2167009]