7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2019-11596
Memcached NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service
Description

In memcached before 1.5.14, a NULL pointer dereference was found in the "lru mode" and "lru temp_ttl" commands. This causes a denial of service when parsing crafted lru command messages in process_lru_command in memcached.c.

INFO

Published Date :

April 29, 2019, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:21 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-11596 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 Memcached memcached
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
A vulnerability in memcached allows for a denial of service; updating the software will resolve the issue.
  • Update the memcached package.
  • If using SUSE, use YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-11596 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-2019-11596 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-11596 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-11596 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00060.html
    Added Reference https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d35334f368817a77a6bd1f33c6a5676b2c402c02
    Added Reference https://github.com/memcached/memcached/compare/ee1cfe3...50bdc9f
    Added Reference https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/474
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UUE3QBMP5UWTXMPKJREUICH6DIK6SOBX/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y2CCWRM4LHB253KG5SPOKRVDCXQX5VZR/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3963-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UUE3QBMP5UWTXMPKJREUICH6DIK6SOBX/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y2CCWRM4LHB253KG5SPOKRVDCXQX5VZR/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UUE3QBMP5UWTXMPKJREUICH6DIK6SOBX/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Y2CCWRM4LHB253KG5SPOKRVDCXQX5VZR/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 26, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00060.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Y2CCWRM4LHB253KG5SPOKRVDCXQX5VZR/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UUE3QBMP5UWTXMPKJREUICH6DIK6SOBX/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3963-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3963-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3963-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2019

    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/d35334f368817a77a6bd1f33c6a5676b2c402c02 No Types Assigned https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d35334f368817a77a6bd1f33c6a5676b2c402c02 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/memcached/memcached/compare/ee1cfe3...50bdc9f No Types Assigned https://github.com/memcached/memcached/compare/ee1cfe3...50bdc9f Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/474 No Types Assigned https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/474 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.5.14
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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

1.31 }} -0.24%

score

0.78940

percentile