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CVE-2011-4971 Details

Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the (1) process_bin_sasl_auth, (2) process_bin_complete_sasl_auth, (3) process_bin_update, and (4) process_bin_append_prepend functions in Memcached 1.4.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large body length value in a packet.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://insecurety.net/?p=872 CVEExploit
https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=192 CVEExploitPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/56183 CVE
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-4971 CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2832 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-189Numeric Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
memcached memcached
<= 1.4.5
1.2.7
1.2.8
1.4.0
1.4.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-4971
NVD Published Date:
Dec 12, 2013
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]