CVE-2011-4971

NameCVE-2011-4971
DescriptionMultiple integer signedness errors in the (1) process_bin_sasl_auth, (2) process_bin_complete_sasl_auth, (3) process_bin_update, and (4) process_bin_append_prepend functions in Memcached 1.4.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large body length value in a packet.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2832-1
Debian Bugs706426

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
memcached (PTS)buster1.5.6-1.1fixed
buster (security)1.5.6-1.1+deb10u1fixed
bullseye1.6.9+dfsg-1fixed
bookworm1.6.18-1fixed
trixie1.6.23-1fixed
sid1.6.24-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
memcachedsourcesqueeze1.4.5-1+deb6u1DSA-2832-1
memcachedsourcewheezy1.4.13-0.2+deb7u1DSA-2832-1
memcachedsource(unstable)1.4.13-0.3706426

Notes

https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/6695ccbc525c36d693aaa3e8337b36aa0c784424

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