Vulnerability in memcached (DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9951)

Summary

Vulnerability in memcached (DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9951). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.5.0-1 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

The try_read_command function in memcached.c in memcached before 1.4.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a request to add/set a key, which makes a comparison between signed and unsigned int and triggers a heap-based buffer over-read. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8705.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9951 has been found in memcached.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade memcached to 1.5.0-1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "memcached DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9951" on the vendor's site.

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9951 (memcached)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 1.5.0-1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in memcached.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of memcached.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 1.5.0-1.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'memcached' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'memcached' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で memcached を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade memcached to 1.5.0-1
```
ステージング環境で 1.5.0-1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Debian:12 memcached

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.0-1"}]}]

Debian:13 memcached

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.0-1"}]}]

Debian:14 memcached

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.0-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org