CVE-2021-37519 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c memcached 1.6.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted authenticattion file.

Published: 2023-02-03

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-24081	Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c memcached 1.6.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted authenticattion file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00091.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/805
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/pull/806/commits/264722ae4e248b453be00e97197dadc685b60fd0
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37519
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-37519

History

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Memcached Memcached

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-26T18:16:52.051Z

Reserved: 2021-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-37519

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:22:59.364Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-03T18:15:14.080

Modified: 2025-03-26T19:15:17.260

Link: CVE-2021-37519

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-02-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-37519 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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