CVE-2018-1000115 | BDVDB-2026-97414 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- 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
Exploit#
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.