CVE-2023-43768 (GCVE-0-2023-43768)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-27 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:33
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.6.x through 7.2.0, before 7.1.5 and 7.2.1. Unauthenticated users may cause memcached to run out of memory via large commands.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
couchbase couchbase_server Affected: 6.6.0 , < 7.1.5 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:couchbase:couchbase_server:6.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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couchbase couchbase_server Affected: 7.2.0 , < 7.2.1 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:couchbase:couchbase_server:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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