CVE catalog
CVE-2011-4971
memcached: CVE-2011-4971
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 22.32% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | memcached | sid | 1.6.45-1 | fixed |
| Debian | memcached | forky | 1.6.45-1 | fixed |
| Debian | memcached | trixie | 1.6.38-1 | fixed |
| Debian | memcached | bookworm | 1.6.18-1 | fixed |
| Debian | memcached | bookworm-security | 1.6.18-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Suse | memcached | openstack cloud 7 | 1.4.39-3.3.2 | fixed |
| Suse | memcached | enterprise storage 4 | 1.4.39-3.3.2 | fixed |
| Suse | memcached | openstack cloud 6 | 1.4.39-3.3.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | memcached | source | sid | 1.4.13-0.3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [706426] |
| Debian | memcached | source | forky | 1.4.13-0.3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [706426] |
| Debian | memcached | source | trixie | 1.4.13-0.3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [706426] |
| Debian | memcached | source | bookworm | 1.4.13-0.3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [706426] |
| Suse | memcached | rpm | openstack cloud 7 | 1.4.39-3.3.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0778-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | memcached | rpm | enterprise storage 4 | 1.4.39-3.3.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0778-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | memcached | rpm | openstack cloud 6 | 1.4.39-3.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0807-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [memcached]Fixed
Details (2)
1.6.18-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.4.13-0.3dsa · memcached · debian · bookworm; dsa · memcached · debian · 12
1.6.18-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.4.13-0.3dsa · memcached · debian · bookworm; dsa · memcached · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [memcached]Fixed
Details (2)
1.6.38-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.4.13-0.3dsa · memcached · debian · 13
1.6.38-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.4.13-0.3dsa · memcached · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2018_0778-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4971]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-2832-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0778-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0807-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4971]
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