CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
33.9%
Memcached is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.
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CPE = "cpe:/a:memcached:memcached";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127322");
script_version("2023-10-13T05:06:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-13 05:06:10 +0000 (Fri, 13 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-02-06 05:30:42 +0000 (Mon, 06 Feb 2023)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-02-10 15:26:00 +0000 (Fri, 10 Feb 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-37519");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Memcached 1.5.15 < 1.6.10 DoS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_memcached_detect.nasl", "gb_memcached_detect_udp.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("memcached/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Memcached is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker is able to cause a denial of service via crafted
authenticattion file due to a buffer overflow in authfile.c.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Memcached version 1.5.15 prior to 1.6.10.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.6.10 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/805");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/memcached/memcached/pull/806");
exit(0);
}
include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_proto( cpe: CPE, port: port ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
proto = infos["proto"];
if( version_in_range_exclusive( version: version, test_version_lo: "1.5.15", test_version_up: "1.6.10" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.6.10" );
security_message( port: port, proto: proto, data: report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
33.9%