7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-1000115
Memcached UDP Network Amplification Denial of Service
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 5, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 4, 2021, 5:15 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-1000115 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Redhat openstack
1 Memcached memcached
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 4
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-1000115.

URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:2140 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1593 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1627 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2331 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2857 Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.akamai.com/2018/03/memcached-fueled-13-tbps-attacks.html Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/dbb7a8af90054bf4ef51f5814ef7ceb17d83d974 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/348 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes156 Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/dormando/status/968579781729009664 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3588-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4218 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44264/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44265/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_07 Third Party Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-20 CWE-400
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1627 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1627 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2857 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2857 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4218 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4218 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2331 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2331 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:2140 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:2140 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1593 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1593 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2857 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:2140 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2331 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 08, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4218 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 20, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1627 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1593 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/dbb7a8af90054bf4ef51f5814ef7ceb17d83d974 No Types Assigned https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/dbb7a8af90054bf4ef51f5814ef7ceb17d83d974 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/348 No Types Assigned https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/348 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://twitter.com/dormando/status/968579781729009664 No Types Assigned https://twitter.com/dormando/status/968579781729009664 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_07 No Types Assigned https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_07 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44265/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44265/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44264/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44264/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes156 No Types Assigned https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes156 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://blogs.akamai.com/2018/03/memcached-fueled-13-tbps-attacks.html No Types Assigned https://blogs.akamai.com/2018/03/memcached-fueled-13-tbps-attacks.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3588-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3588-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3588-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_07 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44265/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44264/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-1000115 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-1000115 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

96.39 }} -0.57%

score

0.99571

percentile

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