
CVE catalog
CVE-2019-11596
memcached: CVE-2019-11596
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.96% · Oct 25, 2026
In memcached before 1.5.14, a NULL pointer dereference was found in the "lru mode" and "lru temp_ttl" commands. This causes a denial of service when parsing crafted lru command messages in process_lru_command in memcached.c.
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 |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 18.04 | 1.4.33-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 18.04 | 1.5.4-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 18.04 | 1.5.4-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 18.04 | 1.5.6-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 18.04 | 1.5.6-0ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 18.04 | 1.4.33-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 18.04 | 1.5.4-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 18.04 | 1.5.4-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 18.04 | 1.5.6-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 18.04 | 1.5.6-0ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | memcached | leap 15.1 | 1.5.6-lp151.4.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | memcached | linux enterprise module for server applications 15 sp1 | 1.5.6-4.5.30 | fixed |
| Suse | memcached | linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp4 | 1.4.39-4.11.2 | fixed |
| Suse | memcached | linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp5 | 1.4.39-4.11.2 | fixed |
| Suse | memcached | linux enterprise server 12 sp4 | 1.4.39-4.11.2 | fixed |
| Suse | memcached | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp4 | 1.4.39-4.11.2 | fixed |
| Suse | memcached | linux enterprise server 12 sp5 | 1.4.39-4.11.2 | fixed |
| Suse | memcached | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp5 | 1.4.39-4.11.2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | memcached | source | sid | 1.5.6-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [928205] |
| Debian | memcached | source | forky | 1.5.6-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [928205] |
| Debian | memcached | source | trixie | 1.5.6-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [928205] |
| Debian | memcached | source | bookworm | 1.5.6-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [928205] |
| Ubuntu | memcached | deb | 18.04 | 1.5.6-0ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | USN-3963-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | memcached | deb | 18.04 | 1.5.6-0ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11596 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | memcached | rpm | leap 15.1 | 1.5.6-lp151.4.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0721-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | memcached | rpm | linux enterprise module for server applications 15 sp1 | 1.5.6-4.5.30 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2020:1381-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | memcached | rpm | linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp4 | 1.4.39-4.11.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2020:0843-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | memcached | rpm | linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp5 | 1.4.39-4.11.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2020:0843-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | memcached | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp4 | 1.4.39-4.11.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2020:0843-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | memcached | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp4 | 1.4.39-4.11.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2020:0843-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | memcached | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp5 | 1.4.39-4.11.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2020:0843-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | memcached | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp5 | 1.4.39-4.11.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2020:0843-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [memcached]Fixed
Details (2)
1.6.18-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.5.6-1.1dsa · memcached · debian · bookworm; dsa · memcached · debian · 12
1.6.18-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.5.6-1.1dsa · memcached · debian · bookworm; dsa · memcached · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [memcached]Fixed
Details (2)
1.6.38-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.5.6-1.1dsa · memcached · debian · 13
1.6.38-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.5.6-1.1dsa · memcached · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2020_1576.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11596]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:0843-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:1381-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11596]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3963-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:0721-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11596]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2019/cve-2019-11596.json]
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