CVE-2013-7291
memcached - security update
EPSS 0.21%
Description
memcached before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request that triggers an "unbounded key print" during logging, related to an issue that was "quickly grepped out of the source tree," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0179 and CVE-2013-7290.
How to fix CVE-2013-7291
To remediate CVE-2013-7291, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/memcached—upgrade to 1.4.20-1 or later
- Debian/memcached—upgrade to 1.4.13-0.2+deb7u2 or later
Is CVE-2013-7291 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.4.20-1
- from 0, < 1.4.13-0.2+deb7u2