Bug 2167008 (CVE-2021-37519) - CVE-2021-37519 memcached: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c
Summary: CVE-2021-37519 memcached: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2021-37519
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2167009 2181510 2181511
Blocks: 2180068
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Reported: 2023-02-03 22:07 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2023-07-07 08:32 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: memcached 1.6.10
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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.
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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.

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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]
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