| Name | CVE-2021-37519 |
| Description | Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c memcached 1.6.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted authenticattion file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| memcached (PTS) | bullseye | 1.6.9+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.6.18-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.6.33-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| memcached | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| memcached | source | (unstable) | 1.6.10+dfsg-1 | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - memcached <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - memcached <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/805
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/ddee3e27a031be22f5f28c160be18fd3cb9bc63d (1.6.10)