CVE-2011-4971 (GCVE-0-2011-4971)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-12-12 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 00:23
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Multiple 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.
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