UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000127

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000127

    Published: 13 Mar 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Aliases:
    USN-3601-1

    Summary:

    Details: memcached version prior to 1.4.37 contains an Integer Overflow vulnerability in items.c:item_free() that can result in data corruption and deadlocks due to items existing in hash table being reused from free list. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity to the memcached service. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.4.37 and later.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000127, https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1437, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3601-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000127

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: memcached

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.14-0ubuntu9.3

    Affected versions

    1.4.14-0ubuntu4
    1.4.14-0ubuntu8
    1.4.14-0ubuntu9
    1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1
    1.4.14-0ubuntu9.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High