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CVE-2019-15026 — memcached 1

memcached 1.5.16, when UNIX sockets are used, has a stack-based buffer over-read in conn_to_str in memcached.c.

CVSS

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EPSS

0.93% (top 24.10%)

CWE

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Published

2019-08-30T14:32:01.000Z

Last modified

2024-08-05T00:34:53.130Z

CVSS vector

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01What is this vulnerability?

memcached 1.5.16, when UNIX sockets are used, has a stack-based buffer over-read in conn_to_str in memcached.c.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

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No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

github.com — https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1517
github.com — https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/554b56687a19300a75ec24184746b55125…
lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00006.html
usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4125-1/
lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00060.html

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