CVE-2013-7239
memcached before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending an invalid request with SASL credentials, then sending another request with incorrect SASL credentials.
02 Description
memcached before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending an invalid request with SASL credentials, then sending another request with incorrect SASL credentials.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 67.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-01-13 21:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-12-30
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6f3cbc3b7c37f22192068d0b110129cb3cbb633911e1117acb61fb45516c4be9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com64559http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64559
- code.google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20131230 Re: CVE Request: SASL authentication allows wrong credentials to access memcachehttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/572
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2080-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2080-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-2832http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2832
- secunia.com56183http://secunia.com/advisories/56183
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- memcached Fixed in 1.4.13-0.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- memcached Fixed in 1.4.13-0.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- memcached Fixed in 1.4.13-0.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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